Friday, September 12, 2008

Food named after people

Caesar salad - Caesar Cardini (1896-1956), an Italian who came to San Diego, California after World War I, is generally thought to have created the salad (sans anchovies, except those in the Worcestershire sauce) at his restaurant in 1924. The restaurant was located in Tijuana, most likely to avoid Prohibition in the U.S. As with many popular dishes, there are more claimants to the salad's invention, including Cardini's business partner, his brother, and one of his young sous-chefs who said it was his mother's recipe. Julius Caesar is not involved, except perhaps as the source of Mr. Cardini's first name.

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