Just when it seems like winter will never end, there appears a site at the market that assures a new season will indeed arrive: bundles of spring-green asparagus standing at attention as if to say, "Pick me!"

And pick you should with recipes like these, from a super simple pasta that pairs sweet asparagus with fresh creamy ricotta, to individual quiches perfect for Easter brunch, to a risotto that makes you wonder why you never thought of clams and asparagus as the soulmates they are. Make all of these dishes, and you will only wish that apsragus' brief season were even longer than it is.   

April 2010

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asparagus, spring