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For me, salads have always been the culinary equivalent of a sad trombone. This, I know, is a wildly outdated characterization of salads, if not a surprising one coming from a vegetarian. My exception for salads is the Israeli salad, usually defined as a chopped salad with diced tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers topped with a light, lemon-based vinaigrette.

For me, salads have always been the culinary equivalent of a sad trombone. This, I know, is a wildly outdated characterization of salads, if not a surprising one coming from a vegetarian. My exception for salads is the Israeli salad, usually defined as a chopped salad with diced tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers topped with a light, lemon-based vinaigrette.