Article: CHICKEN SALAD IS GETTING DRESSED UP KEEP IT SIMPLE, OR NOT, FOR GREAT SUMMER MEALS.(LA.COM)(Recipe)

Byline: Natalie Haughton

Food Editor

Chicken salad has spread its wings. It's no longer the old-fashioned plain-Jane stuff -- chunks of chicken mixed with mayonnaise and celery -- that ladies used to lunch on at department store tearooms a couple of decades ago.

These days you'll find the comfort fare in chic, contemporary dress -- in many innovative, stylish combinations and flavors -- at all kinds of restaurants, cafes and takeout deli sections of markets.

"The bland chicken salad of more tranquil times now takes center stage as an exiting and upbeat dish," notes Barbara Lauterbach in her book "Chicken Salad: Fifty Favorite Recipes" (Chronicle Books; ...

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