Rural Cuisine Stars: Panzanella, a Summer Bread Salad
Hot summer days bring “panzanella time” to central Italy. This rural dish of la cucina povera (literally “cooking of the poor man,” ie humble cuisine), la panzanella (bread salad) is a perfect summer food for the hard-working rural people: tasty, filling and simple ingredients, not requiring cooking over a hot stove and easily prepared prior…