Panzanella alla Norma

a mash up of two favorite Italian recipes

The air is cooler today. We call this first fall in the northeast. A brief reprieve from the relentlessly scorching summer. If you grew up in New York, be it the city or upstate, you know this is a fool's season because only a fool would believe these cooler temps are the beginning of fall. Give it a few days or even couple of weeks, and third summer (t…