Pastrami, I should point out for the uninitiated, is made from a cut of beef that is brined like corned beef, coated with pepper and an assortment of spices, and then smoked.
Several top picks include romaine lettuce, kale or spinach topped with a colorful assortment of tomatoes, carrots, red peppers, beets, mushrooms, or cucumbers.
I point to a red pepper and a green pepper.
Lightly battered and fried oysters, looped with circles of red pepper aioli, circled a pile of fresh greens (a happy assortment of tat soi, mizuna, red chard and others).
They might get attacked during the day, so they have an assortment of knives, pepper spray".
Two appetizer specials also drew applause: button mushrooms in a glowing, chunky tomato sauce and an antipasto assortment that included marinated eggplant, tricolored roasted peppers, slabs of homemade pate and a sprightly bean salad.
New Wave has a varied assortment of salads, including a seafood salad of shrimp, squid, mussels, bay scallops, yellow pepper, celery and red onion, tossed in a vinaigrette ($13 a pound).
And everywhere we looked we saw evidence of banner crops — large potatoes coming from the soil, abundant tomatoes and red peppers, extraordinary melons and an assortment of fruit: figs, plums, peaches and more.
