For the Last of Summer’s Nectarines
(With apologies to those wacky DirecTV commercials.)
When you lose track of time…
You buy an expensive watch…
When you buy an expensive watch, people notice…
People like Shifty Sam and Three-Strikes Joe, who will sneak up on you on a dark street and snatch your watch…
When thugs steal your watch, they conk you on the head and toss you in a dumpster to fester with yesterday’s fish heads.
Don’t sleep with rotten fishies.
Don’t lose track of time.
Enjoy nectarines for one last fling before summer ends.
One of the best and most healthful ways to do so is in this salad of “Farro with Nectarines, Basil and Toasted Pine Nuts.”
It’s from the new “Grain Mains” (Rodale), of which I received a review copy, by my friends and prolific cookbook writers Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough.