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Named after a chef, not an emperor — Rome never saw it coming.
means A salad of romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan, and a dressing built from garlic, lemon, egg, and anchovy or Worcestershire.
from Named for Caesar Cardini, an Italian-born restaurateur working in Tijuana, Mexico, who is credited with inventing it in the early 1920s — the popular story says it was thrown together from whatever was in the kitchen on a busy night, tossed tableside for showmanship. Despite the name, it has no real connection to Julius Caesar or ancient Rome; the resemblance is pure coincidence of surname.
- origin
- Invented in Tijuana, Mexico, 1924
- creator
- Caesar Cardini, an Italian restaurateur
- anchovies
- Original recipe used Worcestershire, not anchovy fillets
- myth
- No actual Caesar ever endorsed it