White Asparagus Is in for Spring—and So Is This Kitchen Glow-Up

Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Spring is on the table: fat white asparagus with blood orange butter at Waverly Inn. Photo by Amanda Hesser Over the weekend, I tested a recipe for using up leftover spaghetti by frying it in butter. If you are Italian, I imagine your blood pressure may be spiking as you question why you subscribe to this blasphemous newsletter. But lots of cultures do, in fact, repurpose leftover grains, from Chinese congee to Indian fodni bhaat to Moroccan saykouk. So why not pasta? And while I might not make fried spaghetti for friends, I liked it. Read More >>

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White Asparagus Is in for Spring—and So Is This Kitchen Glow-Up

Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails.


Spring is on the table: fat white asparagus with blood orange butter at Waverly Inn. Photo by Amanda Hesser

Over the weekend, I tested a recipe for using up leftover spaghetti by frying it in butter. If you are Italian, I imagine your blood pressure may be spiking as you question why you subscribe to this blasphemous newsletter. But lots of cultures do, in fact, repurpose leftover grains, from Chinese congee to Indian fodni bhaat to Moroccan saykouk. So why not pasta? And while I might not make fried spaghetti for friends, I liked it.

Read More >>