Beef Spring Flavors

In Italy, the start of spring means one thing: it’s asparagus season. From Piedmont to the heel of the boot, farmers park in grocery store lots—with hand-painted signs reading asparagi!—selling thin stalks of the beloved vegetable out of the backs of their trucks. Rich in prebiotic fiber, folate, vitamin K, and the flavonoid rutin, asparagus has even been shown to improve glucose metabolism, not to mention its above-average glutathione content. It’s spring! Celebrate the season with asparagus.