CHICKEN SALAD IS GETTING DRESSED UP KEEP IT SIMPLE, OR NOT, FOR GREAT SUMMER MEALS.(LA.COM)(Recipe) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 25, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Natalie Haughton

Food Editor

Chicken salad has spread its wings. It's no longer the old-fashioned plain-Jane stuff -- chunks of chicken mixed with mayonnaise and celery -- that ladies used to lunch on at department store tearooms a couple of decades ago.

These days you'll find the comfort fare in chic, contemporary dress -- in many innovative, stylish combinations and flavors -- at all kinds of restaurants, cafes and takeout deli sections o...