GREEN: ISSUE 017

Great food comes in greenest of packages. That are nearly impossible to open.

green

Get in there, go to battle, reap the rewards. And hell yes, grumble all the way, you're not alone in this.

spring bundles in leek broth

Leeks, spinach and arugula are always around, and when you puree them, fold them into little doughy pockets and float them in a light broth, you can fake it (spring) until you (it) make it (actually shows up).

a very LA salad

Don't turn your nose up if you're "so over" these sprouts. This is a salad to love long-term.

hundred pea pasta

June is the ideal month to bathe your pasta in an exorbitant amount of very fresh peas, but at all other times of the year, use frozen peas for this pasta and it will be simply perfect then too.