Local Asparagus is Here and Awesome!

Take advantage of City Market’s offering of fresh, local asparagus.  These amazing plants are a member of the lily family and are able to grow a spear up to ten inches long in twenty-four hours.  First cultivated around 2,500 years ago in Greece, asparagus is a nutritional powerhouse that provides folacin (folic acid), potassium, thiamin, vitamin B6, vitamin C, rutin and fiber.  There is a huge variety of ways to cook asparagus, but when it is this fresh, it is even good raw.  Locally grown asparagus is delectable!