Tomato, Cucumber, and Radish Salad with Yogurt and Tahini Dressing

This Tomato, Cucumber, and Radish Salad has amazing flavor from yogurt-tahini dressing and Sumac!

(For Phase One Fridays I spotlight recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this simple salad that was inspired by one I had at a restaurant in Chicago is something I'd love to eat all summer long.)

There must be thousands of variations of tomato and cucumber salad in the world, but when I was in Chicago attending the 2009 BlogHer Conference, I had a tomato and cucumber salad that really knocked my socks off. I was on the way to The Spice House with my blogging friend Lydia, and we stopped in at Old Jerusalem Restaurant for a quick lunch. Lydia and I both have middle-eastern tastebuds, and we loved this unpretentious restaurant, with me especially swooning over the Jerusalem Salad with a yogurt and tahini dressing. I was determined to recreate the flavors from that dressing, and although when I found their website I realized my salad was a bit different, I loved the salad I came up with. (More experimenting coming to get a salad that's just like theirs!)

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