The Critics

Tim Carman tackles a question about the annual ramps-gasm that tends to hit each spring in this week's Food Chat. "I understand the joy of seasonal ingredients, particularly this spring. The first ramps in the market were a sign that winter, a long and frustrating one, was officially over. It's the joy of renewal and abundance after a fallow period. But if ramps don't do much for you, they just don't. No reason to fret." [WaPo]