The story
Named after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where the salad was first created in 1896, from the surname Waldorf, after the German town Walldorf.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waldorf salad
Today it means: A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing. Full definition →