...your guide to local speciality & seasonal food & drink.

Cartmel Village Shop: Coriander, lemon grass and chilli marinade Thai cooking sauce, £2.95 for 250ml bottle.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: Ham shanks, £1.99 per kilo.

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Bacon chops in garlic marinade £5.50 per kilo.

Oddbins, Kendal: Chateau Goelane fruity claret for all occasions, £6.49 per bottle.

Richardsons, Bowness: Home-made lamb kebabs, £1.20 each.

Greenbanks, Kendal: Cornish new potatoes, 80p per lb.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Old Smoke House oak-smoked, cajun-smoked and Mexican smoked chicken fillets. Price dependant on weight.

Plumgarths farm shop: Local spring lamb raised at Low Foulshaw, now on sale.

Kendal Fisheries: Natural smoked haddock £4.20 per lb. Also fresh dressed crabs £2.60 each.

Bowland Bridge Stores: Creamy white wine and mushroom sauce, £1.29 for 350g bottle.