Petits Pois à la Laitue (Green Peas with Lettuce)
The peas for this dish should be very freshly picked and at the height of their season — not at all starchy. The simple combination of green peas with new lettuce and spring onions is basic French home cooking. This version closely follows that of Edouard de Pomiane in his Recettes Nouvelles pour le Printemps, published in 1943 and designed for the aust…