Served with crisp wholemeal croûtons and a perfectly poached egg, this is a salad to savour ... roasted tomatoes, three-quarters of the chopped bacon and all of the spinach and basil into ...

For this comparison, I went with the basic Cobb. The Cobb salad comes with crispy onions. A traditional Cobb usually has greens, tomatoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, grilled chicken ...

Add the bacon and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the vinegar, tomatoes, shallot, garlic and basil. Scrape the bacon ...