Asparagus

The Best Of Spring's Super Greens

Clean Plates | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Artichokes, Spring Vegetables, Green Vegetables, Spring Onions, Asparagus, Super Greens, Arugula, Farmers Markets, Farmers Markets Vegetables, Farmers Markets Greens, Spring Super Greens, Super Green Vegetables, Watercress, Home News

This week I rounded up some of the season's most delicious super greens* to help inspire and kick start a healthful spring.

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Asparagus Festival Cancelled Due To Lack Of Asparagus

The Independent | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Asparagus Festival Cancelled, Asparagus Festival, Asparagus Season, Asparagus, Food News

The recent rain and flooding has forced organisers of the annual British Asparagus Festival to cancel the event - because of a lack of asparagus....

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How to Impress Your Date With Asparagus

Jonathan Galland | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Healthy Living, Jonathan Galland, Herbs, Asparagus, Healthy Eating, Vitamins, Diet and Nutrition, Vegetable, Healthy Living News

You would hardly know it from the cold snap we've been having in the Northeast, but asparagus season is back. Not your average everyday vegetable, asparagus is seen as a true luxury.

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Asparagus, At Last!

Food52 | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, Healthy, Recipes, Asparagus, Cooking, Vegetables, Salad Recipes, food52, Salad, Spring, Food, Side Dishes, Slidepollajax, KitchenDaily News

We've watched the days get lighter, felt the sun get warmer. We've been going to the farmers' market, eagerly grabbing (and gobbling) those hallmarks of spring: ramps, artichokes, and now, asparagus!

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U.S. Asparagus Industry Sees Signs Of Recovery

AP | SHANNON DININNY | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Video, Asparagus Farmers, Andean Asparagus, Asparagus Industry, California Asparagus, Asparagus, Food News

PASCO, Wash. -- Asparagus farmers crushed for decades by a flood of South American imports have begun to expand production again in the hope that heal...

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New Farmers' Markets Announced in DC

Ris Lacoste | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Washington DC, Ris, Asparagus, Health, Sarah Biglan, Ris Lacoste, Farmers Markets, Farmers Market, Washington Dc Farmers Market, Farmers Market Washington Dc, DC Farmers Market, Farmers Market Dc, Food News

Thanks to some incredible citizen organizers and proponents in the city government, more of D.C.'s residents will have access to fresh foods from new farmers' markets popping up in places that truly need them.

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Why Does Asparagus Do That?

Robert L. Wolke | Posted 04.02.2012

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Have you ever noticed something "strange" after eating asparagus? Well, it's not just you. The phenomenon has been observed for thousands of years, yet scientists still can't explain it completely. The question: why does your urine smell odd after you eat asparagus?

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Unusually Warm Weather Threatens Asparagus Farms

AP | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Farming, Asparagus Season, Farms, Asparagus, Global Warming, Climate Change, Food News

WALKERVILLE, Mich. -- Asparagus is rising from the ground because of Michigan's extraordinarily warm weather, a condition that could eventually ruin t...

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25 New Ways To Eat Asparagus

Kitchen Daily | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Grilled Asparagus, Steamed Asparagus, Seasonal Asparagus, Cooking-Healthy, Recipe Collections, Video, Asparagus, Asparagus Salad, Spring Produce, Asparagus in Season, Recipes for Asparagus, Fresh Asparagus Recipes, Slidepollajax, Asparagus Recipe, Roasted Asparagus, Asparagus Recipes, Recipe Asparagus, Recipes With Asparagus, KitchenDaily News

Even though it’s available all year long, asparagus can easily be considered the star of the spring season -- that's when it tastes the best. Steame...

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5 Myths About Asparagus Busted

EatingWell | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Food Myths, Asparagus, Eatingwell, Matthew Thompson, Cooking How-To, Asparagus Myths, Cooking Asparagus, Preparing Asparagus, KitchenDaily News

Asparagus, with its delicate green color, bright flavor and newborn-shoot shape isn't so much a sign of spring as it IS spring.

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WATCH: Woman Predicts The Future Using Asparagus

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Urlesque, Asparamancer, Video, Asparagus Future, Jemima Packington Asparamancer, Asparagus, Oracle, Jemima Packington, Food News

Predicting the future has officially jumped the shark. In the video clip below, asparamancer Jemima Packington throws a bunch of asparagus on the grou...

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How Shooting X-Rays At Asparagus Keeps It Fresh

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Pre Cut Asparagus, Video, X Ray Irradiated Asparagus, Asparagus, X-Ray, Vegetables, Irradiated Asparagus, Food Safety, X Ray Irradiation Asparagus, Irradiation, Food News

The traditional wisdom on asparagus says that the springtime delight, like high summer sweet corn, is best consumed immaculately fresh. Cookbooks reco...

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4 Foods for a Dinner That Amps Your Sex Drive

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Sexual Health, Sex Drive, Avocado, Foods, Laura Klein, Asparagus, Chocolate, Health, Alcohol, Vegetables, Sexual, Organic, Rosemary, Aphrodisiac, Food News

Serve up these succulent aphrodisiacs and by the end of the meal, you'll be begging for seconds, and I don't mean of the food...

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Don't Forget To Snort Your Vegetables

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Powdered Asparagus, Sniffing Asparagus, Asparagus, Bubble Foods, Snorting Asparagus, Cocaine, Cocaine Asparagus, Food News

London-based caterers Bubble Foods recently served powdered asparagus meant for sniffing rather than eating to a group of designers. The boundary-push...

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Creamy Spring Asparagus Soup

Jamaliya Cobine | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Organic Food, Asparagus, Recipes, Sustainable Food, Easy Recipes, Food, Soup, Recipe, Csa, Asparagus Soup Recipe, Asparagus Soup, Food News

For the first couple weeks of my C.S.A. Share I got a lot of the same. Scallions, greens, and yes, asparagus week after week. So what is a girl to do with several bunches of asparagus? Soup is on!

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Six Mother's Day Menus

Food52 | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Salmon, Mother's Day Dinner, Horseradish, French Toast, Mother's Day, Ricotta, Breakfast Recipes, Desserts, Dessert, Bloody Mary, Lamb, Coffee, Mother's Day Breakfast, Eggs, Lamb Recipes, Breakfast, Asparagus, Dessert Recipes, Lemons, Chocolate, Egg Recipes, Salad Recipes, Salad, Mother's Day Brunch, Morels, Dinner, Recipes, Cooking, Mother's Day Recipes, Food News

Kids, are you taking notes? 3 breakfasts-in-bed and 3 celebratory dinners that mom's little helpers (or big ones) can tackle with pride. Breakfast in...

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How To Appreciate Your Spring Fruits and Vegetables

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Home Cooking, Vegetarian, Fruit, Recipes, Cooking, Spring, Food, Green Living, Gardening, Vegetarianism, Greens, Strawberries, Big Girls Small Kitchen, Rhubarb, Artichoke, Asparagus, Ramps, Food News

We're in the interlude between winter and spring right now; by the calendar, we're into spring, but the local vegetable offerings would seem to indica...

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One In-Season Vegetable, Six Maddeningly Simple Dinners With Little Else

Cathy Erway | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Farmers' Market, Spring Vegetables, Vegetarian, Seasonal Foods, Seasonal Food, Asparagus, Spring Produce, Easy Dinners, Spring Recipies, Food News

Here are some of the simplest, most satisfying, no-nonsense ways to turn asparagus and other fresh produce that will soon arrive into meals. Because it'll be too nice outside to worry about it too much.

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Spring Appetizers & Sides For The Weekend

Honest Cooking | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Hors-Doeuvres, Honest Cooking, Vegetarian, Organic Food, Asparagus, Recipes, Appetizers, Cooking, Slidepollajax, Starters, Food News

With weekend arriving, there's a little more time to make those attractive and delicious appetizers and side dishes we all love. Here are ten fresh sp...

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Farmer's Second Act Puts Down Roots In Dayton, Ohio

Laura Avery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artichokes, Market, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Asparagus, Dayton, Farmers, Southern California, Phil Green, Green News

Farmer Phil Green's motivation, other than making a reasonable living for himself, is to give something back to a neighborhood where doing business with honest people brings a lifetime of rewards.

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Recipe: Raw Asparagus Salad

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Recipes, Asparagus, Green News

Asparagus is delicious cooked, but it's also really good raw. And this time of year, when the asparagus is coming in fast, you need more than one way ...

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How Gardening Teaches Patience

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mulch, Patience, Gardening, Asparagus, Vegetables, Green News

The other day I was weeding my asparagus patch. Asparagus takes three years to get going enough for you to start eating it. The first year you plant a...

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Grill Your Garden

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Potatoes, Grill, Asparagus, Zucchini, Corn, Cooking, Vegetables, Food, Grilling, Recipes, Grilling Recipes, Food News

Folks often forget that you can cook just about any vegetable on the grill. It's quick and easy, and tastes better than boiled any day.

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How to Stay a Fit and Fabulous Foodie If You're a Woman Who Lives to Eat

Divya Gugnani | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Thin Commandments, Brooklyn Brewery, Divya Gugnani, Fit, Asparagus, Dr. Gullo, Garrett Oliver, Behind the Burner, Foodie, Fabulous, Healthy Living News

In order to keep up with my culinary career and hold onto my figure, I rely on a few tricks to help me maintain the balance between smart eating and eating what I want.

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Spring Feast of Grilled Lamb Loin Chops with Grilled Asparagus and New Potatoes

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Memorial Day, Potatoes, Memorial Day Food, Mother's Day, Asparagus, Cooking, Balsamic, Memorial Day Recipes, Lamb, Food, Mom, Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese, Recipe, Food News

If you have never savored the rich, tender, beefy (never gamey) flavor of a lamb loin chop, you are missing what I consider to be the best nugget of red meat in the world. Period. Really.

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