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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
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