Salad bowls may be made of any of the usual
materials used for tableware, including
ceramics,
metal,
plastic,
glass, or
wood. Salad bowls can also be made from renewable materials such as Poly-lactic Acid (PLA), wheat straw fiber and sugarcane
bagasse.
Wood In the United States from the 1940s to the 1960s, wooden salad bowls were recommended by many cookbooks. This fashion was started by the restaurateur and food writer
George Rector, who in 1936 wrote a column entitled "Salad Daze". In that column, he recommended using an unvarnished wooden salad bowl, purportedly a French tradition. He recommended rubbing garlic into it for a hint of garlic flavor, oiling it regularly, and never washing it: By that Christmas season, wooden salad bowls had become a fashionable gift item, The wooden salad bowl was criticized soon thereafter, even if it had a finish: ==Use==