Salad : a global history /
Weinraub, Judith,author.
Light, healthy, and easily tossed together-- salads have been a staple throughout human history. They come in a variety for forms and feature as both side and main dishes in a range of regional cuisines. Weinraub explores their history, from a simple assemblage of wild plants to their current position as the quintessential health food.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index.
Introduction -- In the beginning there was lettuce : salad as medicine -- Salads catch on -- European and American salads : plain and not so plain -- New countries embrace salads in the 20th and 21st centuries -- Salad dressings and salad siblings -- From lettuce leaves to farmers' markets and foam -- Appendix : celebrity salads -- Recipes.
Light, healthy, and easily tossed together-- salads have been a staple throughout human history. They come in a variety for forms and feature as both side and main dishes in a range of regional cuisines. Weinraub explores their history, from a simple assemblage of wild plants to their current position as the quintessential health food.
Salads