ISSUE 9, SPRING, Part 7: Watercress
Spring Sass
Watercress
Watercress is like that short kid in your class whose sassiness made you grin. It is more blessedly alive than other greens. Its dance in your mouth is blessedly peppery, not fiery and satanic like fresh mustard. In a salad it compensates for the insipidness of lettuce. Pureed in a soup it is tonic and vivid, not medicinally bitter like …