Notorious Vinaigrette Dressing
October 21, 2022 12:47 AM Subscribe
From Olivia Wilde’s extramarital vinaigrette to Drew Barrymore’s torn-up pizza: the world of celebrity salads [Grauniad]
Olivia Wilde solves salad dressing mystery with a Nora Ephron recipe [ungated]
Lettuce was this week’s internet obsession, thanks to Liz Truss and Olivia Wilde
Salad daze: lettuce and tofu to the fore as Twitter digests Truss’s departure
Olivia Wilde solves salad dressing mystery with a Nora Ephron recipe [ungated]
Lettuce was this week’s internet obsession, thanks to Liz Truss and Olivia Wilde
Salad daze: lettuce and tofu to the fore as Twitter digests Truss’s departure
Anything that references a roman a clef , human foibles of the heart, and pseudo anonymous MacGuffin Muffin salad account is pretty great. But there has to be a better name for these curated performance content projects.
I mostly come away generally impressed with how O. Wilde is handling it - that was a clever turn.
posted by zenon at 7:16 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
I mostly come away generally impressed with how O. Wilde is handling it - that was a clever turn.
posted by zenon at 7:16 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
But Ephron/Wilde’s dressing is a simple emulsion of Gray Poupon, red wine vinegar, and olive oil.
That's a very standard dressing that you'll find in most cookbooks.
Ephron writes that it’s “perfect for salad greens like arugola [sic] and watercress and endive”.
Those greens are why it's so bitter. Endive, in particular.
posted by bonehead at 8:52 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
That's a very standard dressing that you'll find in most cookbooks.
Ephron writes that it’s “perfect for salad greens like arugola [sic] and watercress and endive”.
Those greens are why it's so bitter. Endive, in particular.
posted by bonehead at 8:52 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
in a darkened kitchen in beverly hills, sudeikis weeps silently as he squirts a single-serving packet of kraft thousand island dressing onto a bowl of iceberg lettuce
posted by Gerald Bostock at 9:14 AM on October 21, 2022 [14 favorites]
posted by Gerald Bostock at 9:14 AM on October 21, 2022 [14 favorites]
in a darkened kitchen in beverly hills, sudeikis weeps silently as he squirts a single-serving packet of kraft thousand island dressing onto a bowl of iceberg lettuce
In a fit, Sudeikis throws the salad on the floor and microwaves some dino nuggets. But then remembers Wilde's homemade barbecue sauce. ALL FOOD IS RUINED!!!
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:23 AM on October 21, 2022 [5 favorites]
In a fit, Sudeikis throws the salad on the floor and microwaves some dino nuggets. But then remembers Wilde's homemade barbecue sauce. ALL FOOD IS RUINED!!!
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:23 AM on October 21, 2022 [5 favorites]
Sudeikis strikes me as a Catalina dressing kind of guy.
posted by Ashwagandha at 9:24 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 9:24 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
Yeah, it's a standard recipe, but if it opens a younger generation's eyes to the fact that a good vinaigrette uses only a handful of ingredients and is easy to make, great!
posted by praemunire at 9:37 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 9:37 AM on October 21, 2022 [4 favorites]
It's worth a chuckle to me that thanks to this dogs' mess of the Wilde/Sudeikis/Styles love triangle, we now have an a "adultery salad dressing" recipe to go with all the "marry-me chicken" recipes that are floating around.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:42 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:42 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm baffled at the people who...want to discuss actual salad, in great depth, when this stuff comes up. Like hi, it's a joke, but you really really want to discuss the minute details of a salad?!
That said, I totally lulzed at the Nora Ephron post. Olivia seems to be fairly well divey/shady in a lot of respects, but that was funny. It's a shame Nora's not around to laugh at the joke.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:17 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
That said, I totally lulzed at the Nora Ephron post. Olivia seems to be fairly well divey/shady in a lot of respects, but that was funny. It's a shame Nora's not around to laugh at the joke.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:17 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm just amused that it's the salad that the dressing is partnered with that's the bitter portion. The poor dressing gets all the blame, but all it's doing is all it's ever done, marry oil and vinegar, uniting two ingredients that have no business being together most of the time.
There's some parallels that could be drawn there I'm sure, but I'm too much of a literalist to see them.
posted by bonehead at 10:22 AM on October 21, 2022 [6 favorites]
There's some parallels that could be drawn there I'm sure, but I'm too much of a literalist to see them.
posted by bonehead at 10:22 AM on October 21, 2022 [6 favorites]
The third ingredient, the emulsifier, the mustard, is what makes them mix. Perhaps more of a triangle than a divorce-based pairing?
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:29 AM on October 21, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:29 AM on October 21, 2022 [7 favorites]
The third ingredient, the emulsifier, the mustard, is what makes them mix.
The mustard was later removed as part of the separation agreement.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:36 AM on October 21, 2022 [9 favorites]
The mustard was later removed as part of the separation agreement.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:36 AM on October 21, 2022 [9 favorites]
Don’t blame me, I voted romaine.
posted by mhoye at 10:45 AM on October 21, 2022 [11 favorites]
posted by mhoye at 10:45 AM on October 21, 2022 [11 favorites]
Chef Slaad with a side of ranch cavier.
posted by clavdivs at 10:58 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 10:58 AM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
The mustard was later removed as part of the separation agreement.
After a surprising shakeup, all parties were legally rebound.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:29 AM on October 21, 2022 [2 favorites]
After a surprising shakeup, all parties were legally rebound.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:29 AM on October 21, 2022 [2 favorites]
Well, you don’t win friends with salad. (YT)
posted by hijinx at 12:37 PM on October 21, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by hijinx at 12:37 PM on October 21, 2022 [2 favorites]
Anything that references a roman a clef
romaine a clef, in this case
posted by chavenet at 12:44 PM on October 21, 2022 [11 favorites]
romaine a clef, in this case
posted by chavenet at 12:44 PM on October 21, 2022 [11 favorites]
we now have an a "adultery salad dressing" recipe to go with all the "marry-me chicken" recipes that are floating around.
Followed by a “just divorced” trash can shaped cake.
posted by waving at 4:36 PM on October 21, 2022
Followed by a “just divorced” trash can shaped cake.
posted by waving at 4:36 PM on October 21, 2022
flatmate has just asked me whether i think the lettuce voted leaf or romaine in the brexit referendum ...
posted by taz at 11:36 PM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by taz at 11:36 PM on October 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
My personal dressing:
A dollop of maille Dijon
Glug in good olive oil and whatever vinegar you like (I usually do plain white vinegar) and whisk to desired consistency
Good squeeze from a tube of anchovy paste, bit of salt and pepper
Sugar or a little bit of orange juice if you like it a little milder (I often skip this step)
I make a mason jar full of this to keep in the fridge and it lasts for many salads. It's a pretty decent marinade for meat too
posted by signsofrain at 11:07 AM on October 22, 2022 [2 favorites]
A dollop of maille Dijon
Glug in good olive oil and whatever vinegar you like (I usually do plain white vinegar) and whisk to desired consistency
Good squeeze from a tube of anchovy paste, bit of salt and pepper
Sugar or a little bit of orange juice if you like it a little milder (I often skip this step)
I make a mason jar full of this to keep in the fridge and it lasts for many salads. It's a pretty decent marinade for meat too
posted by signsofrain at 11:07 AM on October 22, 2022 [2 favorites]
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