The traditional brown paper parcel is making a comeback this Christmas as shoppers turn their backs on bubble-wrap and foil. Sales of brown paper are up by 600 per cent on last year at Waitrose, a ...

If you like your lamb French style, soft delicious and still quite pink, then try this wrapped version where sheets of paper protect it from drying out during long slow oven cooking. Remember at the ...

My father came home very excited, carrying a brown paper parcel. He gathered us all round the table, on which he had placed this mysterious item. Slowly, he untied the string, and carefully removed ...