This famous west coast salad is also called “King of Salads,” and is sometimes written as Crab Louis Salad. Today there are as many versions of this famous salad as there are cooks.

History: Credit for the origin of Crab Louie Salad depends on who you talk to and which state of the West Coast you are in.

Some credit the origin of Crab Louis Salad to the chef at Seattle’s Olympic Club in Washington.

It is also said the salad was created in San Francisco by either the chef at Solari’s Restaurant or the chef at the St. Francis Hotel.

Other historians suggest that the salad was named after King Louis XIV who was known for his enormous amounts of food he could eat. After his death, it is said than an autopsy was carried out and it revealed that his stomach was twice the size of that of ordinary men.