Cobb salad

Cobb salad is often made with chopped salad greens (iceberg lettuce, watercress, endives, and romaine lettuce), tomato, crisp bacon, fried chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, blue cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. The components are neatly arranged on a plate.

The origins of the salad have been told in several ways. It is said to have originated in 1938 at the Hollywood Brown Derby, where it became a signature dish. It’s named for Robert Howard Cobb, the restaurant’s proprietor. Cobb or his chef, Paul J. Posti, is credited with inventing the salad, according to legend. Cobb had not eaten since around midnight, according to folklore, so he tossed leftovers from the kitchen, along with bacon prepared by the line cook, with their French dressing.