The combination of oil and vinegar seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs.

Also known as vinaigrette. A cold sauce used for dressing salads, made from a mixture of olive oil, wine vinegar, pepper and salt to which various flavourings can be added.

An oil and vinegar cold sauce used to dress salads. Also known as vinaigrette.

oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

French Dressing is a term used in Britain and the USA in particular, to describe the most common salad dressing in France: the vinaigrette, and its many variations. The dressing is generally accepted to be a type of vinaigrette but often including different ingredients. It seems one of the only countries where the term is not used, is France, where this salad dressing is only ever referred to as a vinaigrette.