Salad’s history has been less than glorious: At best, it’s been called a sad excuse for a side dish; at worst, a horrifying deception. (Really? Bacon, cheese chunks, and creamy Roquefort? Next time we’ll just order the damn burger.) But one thing it has rarely been called is a decent, delicious guy’s meal in itself. Finally, that’s all changing. Innovative American salad slingers at places like Chopt Salad, Sweetgreen, et al, are transforming the culinary afterthought into a bonafide leading man of a meal, filled with essential muscle-building proteins, nutritionally muscular veggies and grains, and even hot braised meats that fill you up, get you strong, keep you lean (science says it works!), and make you feel better all over. On these pages we present the six most satisfying, best tasting, beasts in-a-bowl. Men, go wild!
The Feel-Better Steakhouse Salad
The best cut of meat, and best cuts of greens, adapted from Adam Cole, chef at Maple Block Meat Company, based in California, USA
Cue the Coulotte
■ The secret to perfecting this manly dish is to complement the
