Les Crudités d’Été

Throughout France, a combination of salads of raw vegetables (crudités) is the happy start to eating on a hot day. The plate will include at least three vegetables of contrasting colors and textures, each one cut to retain its character and dressed with vinaigrette. Cucumber, for example, is sliced and salted so it wilts while still retaining crispness. Tomato is sliced crosswise to show the seeds, allowing its juices to blend with the dressing spooned over it. Carrot is grated into a braci