Salad 101

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  Wilted Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

  Requiring just a handful of ingredients, a good warm spinach salad ought to be quick and easy. Why, then, are there so many greasy, dull, or lifeless versions around?

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  Greek Salad

  Iceberg lettuce, green peppers, tasteless tomatoes, bland feta, and canned olives. Sound familiar? We wanted a Greek salad that was worth eating.

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  Basic Tossed Green Salad

  Build a customized salad by following just a few simple rules.

• taste test

  Red Wine Vinegar

  We discovered that what separates a good red wine from a mediocre one is neither the kind of grapes used nor the aging of the vinegar.