Bacon can save a salad. There’s no single formula for a salad, but we’ve all had ones that needed a star ingredient. The only downfall to simply tossing in a handful of chopped bacon is that the darn ...

We asked readers to share recipes for hot bacon dressing, a Pennsylvania German tradition. It’s either poured on an entire salad before it’s brought to the table or arrives in a gravy boat to be ...

Here is a smaller bowl filled with some of the escarole salad our test cook has made this holiday season, based on her old family recipe. Leafy green escarole is the main ingredient in the salad, ...

It looks like we have Pennsylvania Dutch tradition to thank for warm bacon dressing, and that makes kitchen sense to me. Finding a use for the just-rendered fat from a pan of freshly crisped rashers — ...

It seems like lately kale is facing a bit of backlash. Once the darling of the food world, it has become so ubiquitous that now people are loving to hate it. I honestly don’t care if it’s trendy or ...

A hot bacon dressing, a crispy-edged fried egg and sliced brussels sprouts star in this meal-worthy take on a Southern classic. By Melissa Clark The first time I heard a friend praising “wilted salad, ...

The dressing tastes rounder and more mellow, without that sharp bite that can linger on your breath for hours because of raw ...