Episode
Good Eats: Age of Asparagus
Overview
Everything you never knew you wanted to know about procuring, preserving, and presenting the first vegetable of the season: asparagus. Buying, storing, and cooking are investigated as well as the science behind that...um...funny smell.
Details
- Series
- Good Eats
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2010-06-10
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Age of Asparagus is Episode 3 in Season 14 of Good Eats. It aired on 2010-06-10. The runtime is 21 min.
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