I’ve long insisted that if you really want to show off, you should learn to make a perfect green salad. For a dish that’s so often an afterthought, a simple pile of vinaigrette-dressed greens is ...

A salad spinner is one of those kitchen gadgets that seems straightforward: you toss in your greens, give it a spin, and ta-da: dry lettuce. Turns out most of us have been doing it wrong. According to ...