In honor of its 100th birthday, here’s how the Caesar salad became a star. Its origins, which date back to Mexico in 1924, may surprise you.
The Caesar salad is celebrating a major milestone this week. The garlicky Romaine dish turns 100 on Thursday. Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini reportedly invented the salad on July 4, 1924, at his restaurant, Caesar's Place, in Tijuana, Mexico. It was a steamy night, according to The Associated Press, and the Italian restaurateur was flooded with customers from California who had crossed into Tijuana to escape Prohibition.
Beth Forrest, a professor of liberal arts and applied food studies at the Culinary Institute of America, said it took a few years for Caesar salad to hit the mainstream. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Caesar salad was often prepared tableside, giving it an air of spectacle and sophistication, she said.Forrest said Caesar salad is ideal for the Western palate because it contains our two preferred textures: crispy and creamy.
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