Sarah Tenaglia

This quick pasta is full of cozy flavor

Raw asparagus brings a fresh green snap to this vegan and gluten-free salad

Morels lend an earthy, smoky flavor to a springtime grain dish featuring fresh asparagus.

Charmoula is a North African sauce, made of herbs, lemon juice, oil, and spices. Traditionally served with seafood or meat, it's also delicious with vegetables.

Fennel, feta cheese, oregano, and olives bring out asparagus’s Mediterranean side in this tender salad. Thin asparagus work best in this recipe.

Gribiche is a cold French sauce made with capers and eggs. It has a bright, tangy flavor and offers a foolproof, lighter alternative to hollandaise.

For this appetizer, use the thickest, sturdiest asparagus you can find so that they hold their texture and shape when fried in hot oil. For a light meal, you could also pile the crispy veggies atop a tossed salad and use the dipping sauce as dressing.

Maitake mushrooms, also known as hen-of-the-woods, ram's head, or sheep's head mushrooms, have a woodsy, smoky flavor that pairs well with roasted vegetables.

Delicately flavored enoki mushrooms, with their tiny caps and long stems, are featured in a light, refreshing salad with homemade ponzu, a popular citrus-based sauce widely used in Japanese cuisine.

Shiitake mushrooms replace ham in this classic French café sandwich.