The Winter Salad

As I was enjoying my massage yesterday, my mind wandered pleasantly. I like making salads, and dreaming of salads, and thinking how it's always delicious to prepare something at the top of its season simply. I concocted the following: Thinly slice fennel, like paper thin, douse in intenso olive oil—pressed by a friend (!)—add salt and pepper, and let it sit. (That's always better, to