Cold Mixed Vegetable Hors D’oeuvre

If the raisins seem bizarre to you, leave them out; if you have no taste for coriander, leave it out; the dish will lose its Oriental distinction but will not, otherwise, be the worse for the omissions. If the presence of crunchy, hot peppercorns is distressing, leave them out . . .

At the height of summer, replace the preserved tomatoes by fresh, firm, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and coarsely cut up or chopped; replace the fennel by quartered celery hearts and the parsley by fre