Hi @progressivechef! It's great to hear from you! You have been in my thoughts the last 6 weeks and I hope things are going fabulously in your new bistro. So many details to manage, I don't even want to know how many hours you've been clocking in an average week.

Let me just put it this way on the asparagus thing, you can either smell the pungent aroma or you can't. There's no mistaking it and there's no mild version (at least in my experience). LOL! Trust me. You'll not have any doubt whether you can smell it or not.

It has been unusually cold and we've had more ice and snow than other years. We are surviving but I can tell you that I am becoming tired of all the layering in wool that has been required. The other day @knarly327 and I cracked and booked a trip for a week. We rented a house on an island with another couple and I'm looking forward to the break from "frozen".

Cyclone!!! Do you prepare for these extreme weather events?
I wish you all the best Chef and safe refuge from the storm. ;)