Why are salads better at a restaurant than home?

Like salt, restaurants know how to use fat, and they're not afraid of it. They may put in far more olive oil (or bacon grease, or duck fat, or whatever luxurious fat they're using to dress your salad) than you would dare to at home! read more

Unlike many restaurant dishes, which I feel can be recaptured at home with a little detective work, salads can just taste so much better when you’re out. Here are a few reasons why that it is — and a few ways to make up the difference at home. read more

” The most likely answer is that you are using the same head of lettuce for several days, along with the same batches of tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, carrots, and other ingredients. read more

Restaurant salads often contain ingredients you don't have at home. Sometimes when making salads at home, you cut corners because buying certain ingredients just does not make sense. Prepared ingredients (e.g. cuts of meat) could be prepared in less healthy/more tasty ways than would be done at home. read more

It’s a fabulous salad, but it’s one I’ve never been able to recreate at home. Unlike many restaurant dishes, which I feel can be recaptured at home with a little detective work, salads can just taste so much better when you’re out. Here are a few reasons why that it is — and a few ways to make up the difference at home. 1. read more