Morel, Fava Bean, and Asparagus Fricassee

One of the joys of living in France was the constant appearance and disappearance of vegetables, fruits, seafood, and game. I had no choice but to cook according to what was in season, and I could often tell what to buy by spying on older neighborhood women as they poked, made faces, and haggled. The best way to come up with a vegetable stew in which the vegetables have a natural harmony is to pay attention to what’s in season. This is getting harder to do, since almost everything seems to