Salad Recipes

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, standing in line at the post office last November, listening to Mr. Henderson … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use a mandoline instead of wasting twenty minutes hand-slicing Brussels sprouts for a salad. I started to explain … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office, of all places, clutching a package of returns and feeling that distinct autumn chill creep through … Read more

“Why can’t you just throw the vinaigrette ingredients in the jar and shake it?” my roommate asked, watching me whisk vinegar into oil in a … Read more

I didn’t trust raw kale in a salad until a friend practically shoved a forkful in my mouth at a fall potluck. Honestly, I thought … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. My phone buzzed with a text from Karen, the organizer: “Reminder! Main dish or … Read more

There used to be a tiny Lebanese restaurant tucked behind a dry cleaner on Fourth Street that made a watermelon salad I still dream about. … Read more

This was supposed to be a pretty standard side dish for a backyard barbecue, something to just throw together while the burgers were sizzling. I … Read more

By the fourth batch in three days, I’d stopped apologizing to my family for the mountain of cucumbers taking over the fridge. The first one … Read more

Late Sunday afternoon, the kind where the light gets that golden, lazy quality and the whole house feels quiet, and all I wanted was something … Read more