Alan Morstein of Regi's American Bistro sends exciting spring food news.
"Just an FYI," he e-mailed me over the weekend, "local asparagus made its debut @ the Waverly Farms Market today. Selling for 3.00 a bunch. Moderately thin but not pencil thin.
"Many herb plants seem to have also sprouted up. Carolina strawberries were also available, superior to what I've been getting from Caly & Fla."
But Morstein is still waiting for one springtime favorite to really come into season.
"The Soft Shell Crabs I received [last week] were from Florida were 85.00 a dozen wholesale and average," he wrote. "I'm holding out for the Big Boys from the Bay. When they hit you'll know from me, since I've got to be the first kid on the block serving them."
Sun photo by Doug Kapustin