What Constitutes a Salad?

As July brings heatwaves and long, summer days, we’ve been diving into our repertoire of salads, and every time I make one, I think about people’s perceptions of what constitutes a salad.

I know that, in the grand scheme of things (Tory leadership election, heatwave, war in Ukraine…) this is not a question that is going to vex the minds of serious thinkers. It’s trivial nonsense. But as roads and tempera...