This salad reminds me of my Aunt Minou, who is a descendant from the Pied Noir, the French who settled in Algeria. They have French traditions with an Arabic influence. They are exuberant, passionate, lively – and so is their food. Aunt Minou has a huge, booming laugh. She makes chickpea salad whenever we have a barbecue, and she always asks, in her peculiar accent, ‘T’y as mis le Camoun?’ (Are you sure there’s enough cumin?) Then she’d exp
