French Lentil Salad

A lentil salad is archetypal bistro fare in France, but also a relatively common dish to make at home. Typically, it’s made with tiny green lentilles vertes du Puy (green Puy lentils), because they’re sweet and earthy and tend to do a good job of holding their shape, making them ideal candidates for a strong vinaigrette. Kendall had a version of this salad almost every day as a staff lunch when she worked at a wine bar in Paris in the 2000s because it was her favorite thing on the me