Cobb salad

The Cobb salad is an American garden salad typically made with chopped salad greens (authentically romaine lettuce),^[1] tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, blue cheese (often Roquefort; some versions use other cheeses such as cheddar or Monterey Jack, or no cheese at all) and red wine vinaigrette.^[2][1] The ingredients are laid out separately, often in neat rows. It is served as a main course.

Cobb salad

Type	Salad
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	California
Created by	Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant
Main ingredients	Salad greens (iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce), tomatoes, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, red wine vinaigrette
Media: Cobb salad

Origin

Various stories recount how the salad was invented.^[3] One says that it came about in 1937 at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant, where it became a signature dish.^[3] It is named after the restaurant's owner, Robert Howard Cobb.^[4] Stories vary whether the salad was invented by Cobb or by his chef, Paul J. Posti. The legend is that Cobb had not eaten until near midnight, and so he mixed together leftovers he found in the kitchen, along with some bacon cooked by the line cook, and tossed it with their French dressing.^[5]

The Hollywood Brown Derby is the purported birthplace of the Cobb salad, which was said to have been hastily arranged from leftovers by owner Bob Cobb for showman and theater owner Sid Grauman. It was chopped fine, because Grauman had just had dental work done, and couldn't chew well.

Another version of the creation is that Robert Kreis, executive chef at the restaurant, created the salad in 1929 (the year the Brown Derby's Hollywood location opened) and named it in honor of Cobb.^[6] The same source confirms that 1937 was the reported date of the version noted above, with Cobb making the salad.^[6]

See also

• List of foods named after people
• List of salads
• Food portal
• Cuisine of California
• Chef salad