For a style-over-substance guy like myself, the most important part of any meal or libation is the garnish. And in a dish that can get dull and played-out, like this salad, the garnish can reinvigorate everything, giving new life to the tried and true. Here, a simple pile of spring greens and sliced fennel is sprinkled with shaved parmesan, pine nuts, and some freshly-ground pepper. That such simple things can make for such a wondrous difference is one of the ways that food will always be infinitely interesting to me.
