White Asparagus Reaches New Heights at Elske

On most menus, the protein takes center stage, and vegetables are there as an accent. At Elske, David and Anna Posey's Danish-inflected Chicago restaurant, the vegetables often receive prime billing on the menu, and meat and seafood are there to enhance it. Take the white asparagus, a cloud-like mound of small stewed nubs that have a velvety texture and come served alongside smoked trout set atop puffed buckwheat and...