A Year in Flavour: April is all about the blossoms KATE RYAN continues her monthly series, A Year of Flavour, where she looks at what food is in season, to grow, forage or cook. Crystalised Primroses and Fresh Violets on Cupcakes. Picture: Kate Ryan Kate Ryan It’s April in A Year of Flavour, and the blossoms have arrived! What’s more, it’s asparagus season… Not long after I first moved to Cork, I heard John Spillane’s song The Dance of the Cherry Trees: “Let me tell you ‘bout the cherry trees, Every April in our town, They put on the most outrageous clothes, And they sing, and they dance around…”