Chinese chicken salad often presume a bound salad with chopped vegetables and mayonnaise, typically without lettuce. For example, "The Settlement Cookbook" by Mrs. Simon Kander, published as early as 1910, includes a simple "Lettuce salad" with chopped onion and French or German dressing; but, no Chinese, Asian or Oriental salad of any kind. Similar bound chicken salads were found in "Joy of Cooking" as of the 1974 editions (first published as of 1931). It was by 1950s that main course type salads started to appear in books like "Better Homes & Gardens, New Cook Book"; whereas, that often included Caesar salad along with
Italian dressing variations of Italian, as well as many other flavors. Italian salad dressing was also served in Kansas City, MO at the Wishbone Restaurant beginning in 1948. The Wishbone had been opened in 1945 by Phillip Sollomi along with Lena Sollomi, Phillip's mother. The Italian dressing served at the Wishbone was based on a recipe from Lena Sollomi's Sicilian family which was a blend of oil, vinegar, herbs and spices. Demand for the salad dressing proved so high that Phillip started a separate operation to produce it for sale, making it by the barrel. The dressing recipe was eventually purchased by