Caprese

IT'S ONE OF THE CLASSIC salads, I think: Caprese, originated, they say, on the Isle of Capri. Tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt. Simple. We had it with prosciutto sandwiches — just prosciutto on soft rolls, nothing else needed — at Ann's, in Berkeley, before going out to see an early-evening performance of Uncle Vanya. Chekhov would have approved, I imagine, judging by his last words...