Chilled White Gazpacho

Name: Chilled White Gazpacho
Ingredients: 2 cups crustless stale bread (broke into pieces ); 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock (use vegetable stock for vegetarian version ); 1½ tsp salt (or more to taste); 1 cup slivered blanched almonds (must be blanched, the skins are bitter); 2 cups green seedless grapes (sliced in half); 2 cucumbers (peeled, seeded, and chopped ); 1-3 cloves garlic (lightly sauteed in a bit of olive oil if you prefer not to eat raw garlic ); 2 tbsp sherry vinegar or cider vinegar; ¼ cup olive oil; Toasted slivered almonds and diced cucumber for garnish