Ajo Blanco Andaluz, White Almond Gazpacho with Grapes Ajo blanco is the white soup of Andalusia, cold, silky and startlingly pale, made from almonds, bread, garlic and olive oil and finished with a few sweet green grapes. It needs no stove at all. What it demands instead is patience, clean ingredients and a very good blender. Serves 6 as a starter. Prep 30 minutes, soak 4 hours, chill 2 hours. Difficulty: intermediate. Course: cold soup, vegan. The Story Ajo blanco belongs to

Petto di Pollo al Vin Santo con Uva Arrosto e Rosmarino (Italian Vin Santo Chicken Breast) This is a Tuscan harvest plate built on three things that arrive together in the year: wine grapes still on the bunch, rosemary toughened by the summer, and a bottle of Vin Santo opened in the kitchen rather than at the table. The chicken is the quiet part. What makes the dish is what happens to the grapes in the oven and to the Vin Santo in the pan. Roasted whole, wine grapes behave no