A look at how the famous Caesar salad that turns 100 this year continues to be relevant even today
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at how the famous Caesar salad that turns 100 this year continues to be relevant even today

Hindustan Times  

A bed of green crunchy lettuce, salty Parmesan cheese flakes and crispy croutons all mixed together with a creamy garlicky dressing of mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, anchovies & lemon juice, a Caesar salad is an amalgamation of flavours and textures. While you may assume that this salad finds its beginnings in the cushy lap of the infamous Roman dictator - Julius Caesar - its roots are much more recent, around 100 years ago. Caesar salad on a chicken pizza Served with wedges of lettuce drizzled with the dressing or chopped leafy greens. The Caesar salad forms the perfect base to add your own toppings- chicken, fish, boiled eggs, prawns, tofu, chickpeas, the options are truly endless and delicious.

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Caesar’s greetings! The best Christmas gift I ever received was this salad recipe from my dad
5 days, 12 hours ago

Caesar’s greetings! The best Christmas gift I ever received was this salad recipe from my dad

LA Times  

When I was 24, standing in the kitchen of the house where I grew up in San Diego, I got the only Christmas present my dad would ever give me. My dad’s gift came about Food The Caesar Salad That Came to Christmas This Caesar salad recipe is a family heirloom, passed down from father to daughter. The writer’s father, …

Romaine, where has all your flavor gone? Time to try these lettuces
5 days, 12 hours ago

Romaine, where has all your flavor gone? Time to try these lettuces

LA Times  

Twenty years ago, when I first returned to my native California from New York City, I tapped out a letter to the Food editor of this newspaper instructing her in no uncertain terms what exactly was what when it came to a classic Caesar salad. See if one of the farmers has the old, bitter stuff.” He reminisced about the …

An Italian salad invented Mexico: why you’re making your Caesar salad all wrong
4 months, 3 weeks ago

An Italian salad invented Mexico: why you’re making your Caesar salad all wrong

The Independent  

The Caesar salad is one of the world’s most cherished dishes, today sold everywhere from hotels in Bangkok to pubs in Australia, cafes in Argentina to restaurant chains in Britain. Whatever the origins, in 1933, booze-cruise tourism having waned and the salad already famous, Cardini sold up and moved to Los Angeles, where he started a grocery store and a …

A simple recipe for Caesar salad on its 100th birthday
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A simple recipe for Caesar salad on its 100th birthday

Associated Press  

It’s 100 years since the Caesar salad was invented, it’s said, on the Fourth of July at a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. CAESAR SALAD Ingredients for the Croutons : 2 cups day-old cubes of firm white bread ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 garlic clove ½ teaspoon kosher salt For the Caesar Dressing: ¼ cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive …

Statue to celebrate inventor of Caesar salad 100 years on – but some think it’s the wrong chef
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Statue to celebrate inventor of Caesar salad 100 years on – but some think it’s the wrong chef

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Caesar’s – an elegant restaurant Cardini opened in Tijuana a few years after the …

Caesar salad, invented in Mexico by Italian immigrants, is still pleasing palates after 100 years
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Caesar salad, invented in Mexico by Italian immigrants, is still pleasing palates after 100 years

Associated Press  

Caesar salad has something to celebrate: It’s turning 100. Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini is said to have invented the dish on July 4, 1924, at his restaurant, Caesar’s Place, in Tijuana, Mexico. Caesar’s – an elegant restaurant Cardini opened in Tijuana a few years after the salad was born – says it still makes as many as 300 Caesar salads …

When anti-luxury ingredients are more lavish than caviar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

When anti-luxury ingredients are more lavish than caviar

LA Times  

The luxury of humble ingredients. “Everything else in the salad is just there to balance that.” Mosqueda put together a guide to 10 of the many reimagined Caesar salads that are being served across L.A. and Orange counties right now. “Cardini envisioned his a subtle salad,” I wrote at the time, “but as Rosa pointed out, subtle is exactly what …

The original Caesar salad has been made this way for 100 years in Tijuana
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The original Caesar salad has been made this way for 100 years in Tijuana

LA Times  

The original Caesar salad, from Hotel Caesar on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana, where it was invented. On it sit all the elements required to prepare a beloved salad that was invented right here, according to the lore, at the restaurant inside the Hotel Caesar in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In 2010, then-rising Tijuana star Plascencia took control of the restaurant …

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