This time of year I start craving salads. The transition from Winter to Spring naturally encourages us to shift our tastes to a lighter fare (that is if we’re conscious about our inherent biological rhythms). I eat salads all year round, but I especially enjoy them in Spring and early Summer.

According to The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, the Latin word sal (which means ‘salt’) is derived from the Latin word salata, which translates as salted things.  Historically, raw vegetables were eaten with a dressing of oil, vinegar and salt— thus giving us the word salata, or salad.

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