Salad "Olivier", perhaps, is known to every person, even far from cooking. Delicious, hearty and never annoying, he has already become a traditional guest not only on the New Year's table, but also as a snack at other feasts. But few of his lovers know that the history of salad Olivier begins in France, because its creator is a Frenchman named Lucien Olivier. By his name, by the way, it is not difficult to guess where the name of the salad came from.