Make the asparagus stock by bringing the water to a boil in a large pot. Break or cut off the bottom 3" of each asparagus stalk. Set aside the upper portion of the stalks. Put the bottom portion of the stalks in the boiling water and add the next 7 ingredients. Simmer, covered, for 1 hour. Strain, discarding solids, and set aside.

Slice the reserved asparagus into 2" pieces (about 5-6 cups). Melt the butter and oil together in a Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Toss asparagus into the pot along with the leeks, onion, garlic, herbs and spices. Cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low and sweat at a very low simmer for about 45 minutes or until the asparagus is very soft.

Remove the lid, increase the heat to medium-low and add half the wine. Reduce until the wine is completely gone. Add the rest of the wine and reduce again.

Combine the asparagus with the stock and puree (in batches, if necessary) in a blender or food processor. Press through a sieve, if you like, and return to pot. Reheat, stirring in the buttermilk. Adjust seasoning, adding more salt, freshly ground black pepper and/or lemon juice as needed.

To serve, ladle into bowls and top with 1 tablespoon of crumbled goat cheese.

Have your fishmonger clean the fish, leaving the head and tail intact and the scales on. This helps prevent the salt from seeping into the flesh.

Preheat oven to 450 F.

Loosely stuff fish cavity with lemon slices, parsley and fennel.

Combine egg whites and sea salt in a bowl and mix well. This will not create a goopy paste but will help to bind the salt a bit.

Spread 1/3 of the salt on the bottom of a large roasting pan. Lay the fish on top. Pour remaining salt over the fish, mounding it up and covering the fish completely (the tail can remain exposed).Bake 40-45 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes.

Crack open the crust with a small hammer or the heavy handle of a knife. Remove and discard the crust. With your fingers (careful!) or a pair of tongs, gently peel back and pull off the skin. Filet the top half of the fish. Pull the spine out and filet the bottom half, remembering to remove the skin from the bottom.

Serve fish with gremolata, lemon wedges, a pitcher of extra-virgin olive oil to drizzle on top and Maldon sea salt.

Stir all ingredients together. Keep chilled, but serve at room temperature.

Bring the milk, stock and salt to a boil. Stir in saffron. Slowly whisk in polenta. Turn heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes, whisking often, until polenta is smooth and creamy and no uncooked taste remains. Stir in peppercorns and parmesan. Spread the polenta in a 9"x9" baking dish and set aside to cool.

When the polenta is quite firm, use a 3" round cookie cutter to cut out circles. Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add polenta rounds and cook until browned and crusty on one side, about 2 minutes, then flip and cook the other side another few minutes.

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and blanch both kinds of peas together for about 3-5 minutes. Drain and toss with remaining ingredients.

Place strained lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat on low and stir until sugar has dissolved.

Place cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk in a few tablespoons of the lemon syrup. Then stir back into saucepan.

Lightly beat eggs in a medium bowl.

Remove lemon syrup from heat and pour slowly into beaten egg while stirring the mixture with a whisk. Continue to whisk by hand for one minute.

Return mixture to saucepan; add lemon zest, and heat on low, stirring with a wooden spoon until it thickens, about five minutes.

Remove from heat. Transfer to a container, cover surface with saran (to prevent a skin from forming), and refrigerate.

Place the rhubarb, sugar and grapefruit juice in a pot over medium heat. Simmer until the rhubarb is soft and then mash it as much as possible.

Pass the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Return to pot over medium heat and whisk in cornstarch. Simmer to reduce and thicken. Stir in vanilla and zest. Chill.

In addition to being delicious with the Pavlova, you could also spoon this over ice cream or angel food cake. Try putting a couple of tablespoons in a tall glass with ice and filling with club soda (or prosecco)!