Cesar Salad
The food industry in the US often presents the "Cesar Salad" as an Italian food item. However, many food experts state that the origin of this dish is in Tijuana, Mexico: A chef named Cesar supposedly...
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I've heard a similar story, but I thought it was Havana, not Tijuana**. I've never heard anyone refer to it as Italian in any manner.I consider it to be a subset of "Ranch". I suppose "Creamy Italian"...
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"The Joy of Cooking," by Rombauer, Becker and Becker, 1997 edition:"The Caesar is said to have been invented in 1924 by Caesar Cardini at his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico, where it was made with...
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Is lumpy ranch dressing with a hint of fish sauce any more or less "exotic" than any other salad? That quote is utterly laughable...comparing it to pizza or shish kebab, my word!I use mayo...on a good...
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Remember, we're talking 1945 here. Romaine would be exotic when compared with iceberg lettuce. American cooking has come a long way since then (when pizza and shish kabob were truly exotic, "foreign"...
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as BABY CARRIAGE!!(first page under "bad ads": www.lileks.com/institute/...ds/ap.html )That was a surprise!!And outside an "A&P" no less (establishing, for example, that it wasn't a Canadian...
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I have seen this salad item more often presented as part of Italian food fair out west. Most of the smaller houses don't even spell or misspell it "Caesar" or "Ceasar" but use "Cesar" which is the...
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>** as you are new to the boards, I will point out that I am usually wrong.But admirably honest!
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