Say Goodbye to the Same Old Salad

“When was the last time you looked at an ‘à la carte’ menu without a salad on it?” asks Justin Woodward of OK Omens in Portland, Ore. “Or even a tasting menu that didn’t have a vegetable course, sunomono, or pickle set?” Vegetables have certainly become cool in the last decade of farm-driven dining, but a great salad—one that transcends its nutritional utility—remains a rarity. Yet...