Fresh Asparagus & Celery Caesar Salad

I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago with some of my favorite people at a lake house upstate, where we cooked and kayaked all weekend and left the house exactly once to go to Lil Deb’s Oasis. We got the party room upstairs and dish after dish was brought out — from the citrus and green peppercorn-marinated olives to the parsnip cake at the end, ever…