Archive - The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

Side Salads That Are Not Terrible

They’re delicious because they’re rebels.

56 mins ago • Emily Nunn

May 2026

Cold Noodle and Pasta Salads, My Loves

From our recent descent into the enormous basement archive beneath the Department of Salad

May 31 • Emily Nunn

Bring Out Your Noodles! Bring out Your Melons!

Ding dong. We’re ringing the summer noodle salad bell a little early this year. And the melon bell. Why not?

May 26 • Emily Nunn

Well, Howdy Do! We’ve Updated the Department of Salad Index.

It features over 700 recipes (and we may have accidentally left some out). Plus: A gorgeous Salmon Cobb from a friend of the DOS and three cherry tomato…

May 18 • Emily Nunn

Food We’d Serve at The Department of Salad Spa

Which, sadly, does not yet exist.

May 16 • Emily Nunn

Oh, no! You forgot a Mother’s Day present?

May 10 • Emily Nunn

Today’s Specials: Dirty Martini Slaw and a Roasted Broccoli-Cheddar Melt with Smoky Mayo. May I Take Your Order?

Actually, that's the whole menu.

May 6 • Emily Nunn

April 2026

Delicious Gobs of Burrata. Also: Sweet Strawberries + Miso = Love.

Torn burrata over a spicy celery olive salad. Sweet berries with mixed bitter greens, avocado, and a magical miso-lemon dressing.

Apr 28 • Emily Nunn

From the Archive: Carrots

I went down into the archive and came back up with a few carrot recipes.

Apr 23 • Emily Nunn

Salads to Make When You Want to Have People Over (Without Murdering Anyone)

From Colu Henry’s new cookbook, which is full of casually elegant, unfussy gems. I want almost every dish in it.

Apr 20 • Emily Nunn

Food for Pretending Everything Is Fine

Simply lovely chicken salad; little cucumber sandwiches; and cold and cronchy Little Gems with creamy curry dressing.

Apr 13 • Emily Nunn

Emergency Soup! And a Pearl Couscous Salad That Came to Me in a Dream

I’ve been making this lemony broccoli blender soup for half my life; it’s quick and oddly restorative. The couscous salad has spring vegetables with…

Apr 4 • Emily Nunn