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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

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  1. Entreé saladAll Recipes Encyclopedia: Chef's Salad
  2. Base: Assorted greensAll Recipes Encyclopedia: Chef's Salad
  3. Topped with: Meat, cheese, eggAll Recipes Encyclopedia: Chef's Salad
  4. Meats and cheese should be sliced thinlyAll Recipes Encyclopedia: Chef's Salad
  5. Dressing: May varyAll Recipes Encyclopedia: Chef's Salad
  6. Composed saladThe Guardian: The Perfect... Chef's Salad (July 5, 2003)
  7. Origin is disputedThe Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
  8. May have originated as th 17th century grand sallett or salmagundi The Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
  9. 1936: Recipe included in the Joy of CookingThe Food Timeline: Chef's Salad
  10. Some early chef salads were "diet fare"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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