Better

than the trend stew the NYTimes ran. And now I know asparagus does have foliage. 

Williams-Sonoma sees this

and there will be five new catalogs. Jalapeno roaster, meet baby food pusher. 

(Filched from the one useful bit of Chowhound)

But speaking of asparagus,

this is rather transporting. She keeps it up, I'll blogroll her.

Then again,

political comments can be dangerous. Follow one linking to a "favorite headline of all time," and the next thing you know you're deep in the paper's food section with jaw dropping over the ripped-off-the-wire hollow "features." And the awful realization that they use "Kentuckiana" down Louisville way. I still remember the slot who hated it so much he preferred "Indi-ucky."

The best food commentary

is on the political blogs. Here, the post is adequate, the feedback exceptional. And it reminded me of my trip to Satur Farms a couple of years ago with a bunch of chefs, all of whom were most anxious to see the white asparagus growing and had to be tactfully informed that the absence of chlorophyll is what makes it white. It's buried in dirt.

I still say

his asparagus pee smells like blood.

Think his pee

smells like blood?