Catherine Walthers is an award-winning journalist and food writer, who has also worked as a private chef and cooking instructor. When you feast your eyes on the delicious, sumptuous salads in her Raising the Salad Bar, you’ll never think of a salad as being just a plate of leafy greens again. Walthers shows how to create salads for all occasions, and seasons, that are mouthwatering culinary masterpieces. The recipes, brimming with fresh vegetables and fruits, leafy greens and herbs, are palettes of color as well as flavors, and reflect today’s tastes and the increased availability of ingredients and ethnic influences at supermarkets and specialty stores. Whether you’re looking for that special salad to accompany an entrée or extraordinary salads to serve as a main course, you’ll find these original, refreshing, and flavorful recipes are not only quick and simple to prepare, but bursting with flavor.