Now is also the season for garlic scapes. If you see a jar or basket of green curly things at the market, you are looking at scapes. (Peachtree Circle Farm has also been known to braid them.) Scapes are the “flowering” stalks of hard-neck garlic. Farmers cut the scapes from their garlic plants so the plants don’t divert energy into reproducing. This produces a fatter underground bulb to harvest later in the summer. And it gives us a fleeting seasonal treat in June – a taste of garlic ...
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1 lb. English shelling peas, to make 1 cup shelled peas
3 tbs. torn mint leaves
2 tbs. torn parsley leaves
sea salt or Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
1 tbs. or so olive oil
half a lemon, for squeezing
1 tbs. finely grated Parmesan cheese, plus some for serving

To serve:
handful of shelled sugar snap peas (choose fat pods)
1 cup tender pea tendrils, any tough stalks trimmed
4-6 mint leaves, torn up
1 garlic scape, top-knot discarded, tender stalk parts finely minced
Sea salt, lemon juice, olive oil
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