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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.
The Cobb salad was invented in Los Angeles in the 1930s. Legend has it that Robert Cobb, owner of celebrity Hollywood hangout the Brown Derby, was looking for a midnight snack one night in 1937 ...
Who Invented the Cobb Salad? Cobb salad received its name from a restaurant owner named Robert Cobb. After a long night of service, Chef Cobb was tired and hungry at the Brown Derby in Hollywood, CA.
Cobb salad – Robert H. Cobb, owner of the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant, who is said to have invented the salad as a late-night snack for himself around 1936–1937. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] Scrambled eggs à la Columbus – Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Italian sailor who claimed the New World for Spain, has a dish of scrambled eggs with ham ...
The chain was started by Robert H. Cobb and Herbert K. Somborn (a former husband of film star Gloria Swanson) in the 1920s. The original Brown Derby restaurants had closed or had been converted to other uses by the 1980s, though a Disney-backed Brown Derby national franchising program revived the brand in the 21st century.
Thanksgiving superstars turkey, sweet potatoes, pecans, and cranberries meet Cobb salad stalwarts bacon, blue cheese, and hard-boiled eggs for a fresh take on leftovers that still hits those ...
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The Food That Built America is an American nonfiction docudrama series for the History Channel, that premiered on August 11, 2019.Each episode outlines the development of a popular type of food or restaurant in the United States, typically focusing on the rise of two major companies that become rivals.