There’s no need to trim the watercress; you can use every bit of it in this recipe.

Smoked sable is as moist as smoked salmon, but with a voluptuous silkiness. To balance its sea-saltiness, top it with beets and watercress.

Ruggiero couldn’t figure out what made the salad dressing at Natori so irresistible and was shocked when she finally got the secret ingredient out of the sushi chef.

Here, quickly sautéed greens get some spice and a kick of heat (thanks to red-pepper flakes).

Salad brightened with mint.

If you can't get cotija cheese, you can substitute feta—it's stronger in flavor and a bit saltier than cotija, but it works fine. Archibald also makes a version of this salad topped with shavings of Manchego cheese....

Searing the tuna well on the outside but leaving it rare on the inside gives you a lovely contrast between the two textures.

Every bite of this simple, crisp salad literally bursts with flavor: a splash of juice, the crunch of nuts.

We usually think of tomatoes as vegetables, but this is really a fruit salad of sorts.

This is not the salad with feta and olives that most Americans know, but a version popular in the Greek countryside that typically includes a few wild greens foraged from the land....