Waldorf salad
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Waldorf salad
1900–05; after the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel in New York City
Example Sentences
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Takeout: Enjoy a Christmas Eve meal for two including yellow endive Waldorf salad, poisson soup, roasted Iberico shoulder and more.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022
The dish isn’t too dissimilar from Southern-style mayo-based potato salad or Waldorf salad.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021
As The Times notes, the original Waldorf salad was simple when invented in 1893, but later variations have added raisins, walnuts, grapes, and … blue cheese.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2019
It provides a sense of this novel’s offbeat comedy to print Bateman’s response to this: “‘It was the Waldorf salad, Evelyn,’ I say, teeth clenched.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2016
The cream-of-corn soup was, he went so far as to remark to the waitress, "simply slick"; the Waldorf salad had two whole walnuts in his portion alone.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair
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