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Orecchiette with Pesto and Fresh Greens I’m clinging on to Summer for dear life. I don’t want to let it go. The long days, the bright skies, the open-top boat rides out into the lagoon, and the lazy lunches al fresco under the shade of the unruly fig tree in our garden. The lethargy of summer: I will miss the lethargy of summer.  Pasta con pesto is a dish that lends itself well to lethargy, be it of the Summer, Winter or autumnal variety. It’s essentially the lazy cook’s bliss: that precious kind of cooking which calls for very little actual cooking before you get on to the all-important matter of eating. A handful of fresh basil leaves, nuts, a little parmesan and indecent lashings of olive; throw together in a blender; and voilá: sauce so creamy it delights even the most gourmand of appetites. An Interview with Sur La Table Founder Shirley Collins 45 years is a long time! As we start our anniversary celebration, we take a look back to where it all began with Sur