A picture-perfect salad for summer, courtesy of Nancy Silverton. Little Gem lettuce is a smaller, sweeter variety of romaine. It's usually around half the size of a fully grown head of romaine ...

For meat eaters, add six rashers of crispy fried, crumbled bacon. Little Gems have a good shelf-life and can keep for up to seven days in the salad drawer of the refrigerator. Keep them in the ...