Bruschetta With Tomatoes

1 baguette , fresh, long fruity virgin olive oil basil pesto , preferably homemade (or olive tapenade, or use the two pestos on alternate bruschetta slices) 1[...]

    Italians are great bread-eaters. Bruschetta are thin slices of bread, broiled     and rubbed with a clove of cut garlic--the original garlic bread. 1 loaf[...]

1 cup dried great northern beans 3 plum tomatoes , seeded,chopped 1/4 cup chopped pitted kalamata olive 6 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil 1[...]

1 cup seeded and diced ripe beefsteak tomatoes or 1 cup italian tomato 3/4 cup well-drained cannellini beans (, canned or cooked) 1/4 cup seeded and diced[...]