Classic American Cobb salad, a composed salad with bacon, avocado, chicken breast, tomato, hard boiled egg, chives, arranged on a bed of romaine, Boston, frisée lettuce and watercress.
Cobb salad is the quintessential American salad, first pulled together on a whim by Robert Cobb of the former Los Angeles landmark Brown Derby restaurant when he needed to feed Sid Grauman late one night (1937).
The original Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd. was eventually torn down in the 80s, like so many downtown LA landmarks—Perinos, the Ambassador Hotel—leaving a swath of strip malls in their place.
What is a Cobb salad?
The original Cobb salad was developed by Bob Cobb in 1937 for his Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles. It has become a famous American dish and looks like a chef’s salad. It starts with a bed of green lettuce with rows of ingredients arranged on top as we did in our Cobb salad with salmon, and is served with a dressing.
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