Iceberg ahead!
Alicia writes: "It never fails. We go to a fancy restaurant, and I fill up on the salad. Case in point: Recently, we ordered a classic iceberg-wedge salad as a starter and decided to split it, thinking we would 'save room' for the entree. So the salad arrives consisting of half a head of lettuce smothered in bacon, blue-cheese dressing, tomatoes and hard-cooked egg.
A starter? At my house, that's dinner. I could barely nibble on the steak and sides that followed."
Light-bulb moment: I never indulge in the classic iceberg-wedge salad except when we go out for a "nice" steak dinner (about once a year). But how easy is that salad? And if I served it with bacon, tomatoes and hard-cooked egg, it really IS dinner.
So grab your knife and fork, and get ready for my version of this American-steakhouse classic. I call it the Desperate Wedge Salad All the Way.
Dinner is served!
Suggested menu: Desperate Wedge Salad All the Way with crusty bread and butter.
• Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross have been living desperate lives for years. Write them at Desperation Dinners, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, or tellus@kitchenscoop.com. Or visit the Desperation Dinners Web site at kitchenscoop.com.
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