Grated tomato, like you'd find spooned over garlic-slicked toast in Spanish pan con tomate, makes for an ideal savory-sweet and acidic base for a summertime vinaigrette. In this hybrid dish with panzanella and chickpea salad heritage, juicy tomato flesh is amply seasoned to create a quick marinade f or the beans, along with cucumbers and more fresh tomato. After they all make friends, some toasted croutons arrive, fashionably late but incredibly welcome for their texture. After a little time, the bread softens, as anyone might after meeting kindred spirits. ...read more read less