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Rhubarb | april parsnip
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Is it only spring still? For us, the first fruit of the year comes in the form of rhubarb. Thick stalks – strawberry red and apple green – shoot up sporting oversized leaves that unfold suddenly, rapidly, grotesquely. This is more free food. Someone planted it decades ago, and it continues to give itself freely. It’s sour, but we learn to like it. With enough sugar, some oats, nuts and butter, we’ve made rhubarb crumble. With cornmeal and egg, I make Nigella’s rhubarb cake. 1 oz good tequila. Put 2 ice c...