Wine Country Salad with Wild Rice Grape Pilaf and Halloumi

This bowl travels well, allowing you to pack up a picnic and head to your local wine country for a bit of al fresco taste of tourism. And, what goes better with wine than cheese? Halloumi, a firm cheese that can be panfried without melting (it’s infallible), adorns a salad of bristly stakes of wild rice, sweet grapes, and tender greens. Once the rice is cooked, there’s little magicking to be done, so you have ample time to luxuriate in its simple sophistication (and perhaps a glass of wine