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Summer is trying SO HARD to arrive in Munich. We have one day of sweltering summer heat, where the hot winds of the Föhn come rushing over the alps from Italy, the skies are clear and deep Bavarian blue and the beer gardens are heaving with people enjoying the cool shade under the spreading chestnut trees, and the cooler beer to quench their thirsts. The following day will dawn grey, cool and rainy – almost a relief after the sweltering day before, but I am so ready for a big hit of glorious summer where we can all head down…

Spring is heralded in Munich not only by the sudden explosion of green leaves and spring flowers, but by the arrival on every market stand of the the highly coveted spargel – or thick stems of white asparagus. While everybody has a favourite region or supplier, it is roundly considered that the cream of the crop comes from the region of Schrobenhausen, a farming area about 70 kilometres from Munich. Prices are carefully watched as in the early part of the short season it is outrageously expensive – then at the decisive moment when the price is right and the…