Chef's Salad

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  • A chef's salad is a combination of sliced cold meats and cheeses, served on a bed of greens. Several chefs claim to have originated the dish in the early 20th century, although versions of the salad can be documented as early as the 1600s.The Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
  • Louis Diat

    Some food historians credit Louis Diat, who was a chef at the Ritz Carlton hotel in New York City in the early 1940s, with the origin of the modern chef salad. Diat's version had a base of watercress, topped with slices of smoked ox tongue, ham, chicken and hardboiled egg, topped with French dressingEpicurious.com: Chef's Salad The Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
  • Grand Sallet

    The 17th century English grand salett included vegetables, fruit, roast meat and lettuce.Epicurious.com: Chef's Salad
  • Salmagundi

    Another 17th century chef's salad, which became popular in colonial America, salmagundi was a salad that included egg, herbs, cold roast capon, anchovies and other meats or fish.The Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
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