"Much like the classic Waldorf salad, the Mayfair salad and its accompanying dressing is named for the hotel where it originated, the Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis. The original dressing recipe is built around fresh celery and accompanied by anchovies, eggs, mustard, and oil, along with fresh onion, garlic, black pepper, and lemon juice, all of which is blended together to create a smooth salad dressing."
"Mayfair dressing made its debut among the original recipes at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Exhibition, two decades before Caesar dressing followed in July of 1924. While the ham and cheese-heavy Mayfair salad is a relic of the past, there's no reason you can't bring it into the modern day with a few twists. The original recipe for a Mayfair salad included pieces of julienned ham and Swiss cheese, Romaine lettuce, and croutons, tossed in the signature dressing."
The green salad evolved over time to include countless variations, ingredients, and preparation methods, and vintage salads offer inspiration for modern updates. Mayfair dressing is an umami-forward, celery-centered dressing similar to Caesar yet predates it, originating at the Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis. The original dressing combines fresh celery, anchovies, eggs, mustard, oil, onion, garlic, black pepper, and lemon juice blended into a smooth dressing. Mayfair dressing debuted at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The traditional Mayfair salad paired julienned ham, Swiss cheese, Romaine, and croutons; modern swaps include different greens, cheeses, or mayonnaise in place of beaten eggs.
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