Cobb salad

American  

[kob sal-uhd] / ˈkɒb ˌsæl əd /

Or cobb salad

noun

1. a salad of lettuce, chopped chicken breast, bacon, cheddar, avocado, tomato, and hard-boiled egg, typically with a blue cheese and vinaigrette dressing.

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Etymology

Origin of Cobb salad

First recorded in 1945–50; named after Robert Howard Cobb (1899–1970), U.S. restaurateur and owner of the Brown Derby restaurants

Example Sentences

No matter how stupendous your Bolognese or homemade Cobb salad is, it won't taste that great if your finger is bleeding under the table, right?

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

Charlie stabbed mindlessly at his corner-store Cobb salad, and by the second time he asked Keith to repeat something he’d just said, Keith’s expression sank into sharp suspicion.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022

Here’s a Cobb salad with a tropical twist.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022

Take the Cobb salad, invented here at the renowned Brown Derby restaurant, the flagship of several Brown Derbys, not all of them in the hat-shaped architectural style called “programmatic,” like that donut-shaped donut store.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022

“But Mom, you can get the salad ...” Which is exactly what Judith did: order the Cobb salad with Caesar dressing.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan