WEITERSTADT, Germany (Reuters) — Asparagus season has started in Germany, kicking off an annual frenzy in which restaurants dedicate entire menus to the vegetable and Germans rush to buy bundles of spears from the temporary stalls which appear each spring. In the state of Hesse, a burst of intense sunshine has led to the harvest beginning several weeks earlier than last year, according to local farmer Peter Lipp. He’s hoping for a bumper crop between […]