Country Tomato Salad

The salad tourists find in all Greek tavernas by the name horiatiki (country or village salad, known in the United States as Greek salad), is a combination of tomatoes with various other things—from salted sardines to olives—of which only onion slices and feta are a must. From then on, every cook can improvise.

Capers are my addition to Horiatiki. I find that the home-cured capers I get every year from the island of Paros are a perfect addition to sweet, ripe summer to