Cafe Juanita’s Holly Smith Reveals the Two Local, Seasonal Ingredients She’s Most Excited About—and How to Prepare Them

Penn Cove mussels and bronze fennel are the best things in season.

What’s the thing in season right now you’re excited about and why?

I’d say bronze fennel and Penn Cove mussels. The mussels are great right now and a sign that spring is here. Bronze fennel begins to appear all over the wakening gardens of Seattle as well. I love putting them together. A new favorite dish is a rare slice of roasted Fermin Ibérico de Bellota Presa pork with charred spring salad onions, Penn Cove mussels, and bronze fennel…