When you eat a salad at a nice restaurant, it tastes amazing. But when you make one for yourself for lunch on a random Saturday, it can be kind of sad. That’s why we tapped Adin Langille, executive chef of the recently opened New York City restaurant David Burke Fabrick—which has the type of salads you dream about at night for weeks afterward—to share some of his secrets. Learn from them to take your own salads up a notch, and if you’re feeling extra-ambitious, use the recipes he’s shared to recreate some of his best veggie-based dishes at home.
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