Spring desperation

I find it much easier to eat local/seasonal food in winter than in early spring. It's finally starting to warm up around here, and there's buds on the trees and bulbs are starting to sprout, so where's the asparagus and rhubarb? And how about some strawberries? It's going to be a while...

In desperation, I bought California asparagus and cherry tomatoes from who knows where. I browned the tomatoes quickly in a very hot pan, and then dressed them with soy sauce and sesame oil. (This is based on a warm salad in Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.) Then I mixed in some fake bacon and snow peas. The asparagus was done under the grill (=broiler).