1.   Make a salad with fresh asparagus, spring peas and fresh mint, mixed with olive oil and red wine vinegar.

2.   Serve this with lamb, or any grilled meat, or use on fresh vegetables such as spring peas, baby summer squash and tiny new potatoes.

3.   The fava bean, however, should be planted with the spring peas.

4.   The veloute of spring peas also made an impression.

5.   West Coast halibut comes in a shrimp consomme with spring peas, tomato, tarragon, and pea tendrils.