This Asparagus Recipe Will Become Your New Favorite Finger Food

Asparagus should be cooked simply to showcase their sweet, grassy flavor.

To prepare asparagus, snap off and discard the toughest part of the stalk. Then store the stalks like cut flowers in a glass of water and tent with a plastic bag before storing in the fridge. Nevinates/Dreamstime/TNS

Spring is asparagus season, and it’s finally here.

I’ve been toting bundles of those brilliant green and violet stalks home from farmers markets—some skinny as pencils, others thick as my thumb. Let’s be clear, there is no difference in flavor, nutrients, or maturity between the thin and the thick stalks, just cooking time.