Caesar, are you too ambitious?
Posted by Nerdyy
Or at least that was the claim of Brutus, or maybe that was the claim of Shakespeare relayed through Brutus! If you have been following the news these days, you should be able to figure out what brought me to this topic.
However, there is a deeper purpose here; or at least a series of purposes. Readers (or maybe reader?) of my blog will remember (or if you don't I will refresh your memory) that I had alluded a year and a half ago to a restaurant in Rome that had (more than one) historical significance (here is the post: http://musikellishus.blogspot.com/2015/11/pasta-in-roma-yes-of-course.html). The purpose of that post was not just that though, I had intended to write a series of posts about interesting culinary creations and the original restaurants that created them.
So here is Part 2 of that series - the humble (as far as its beginnings) and the now classy Caesar Salad. Cesare (Caesar) Cardini from Lake Maggiore near the Piedmont in Italy emigrated to San Diego in the US in the 1920s and set up a restaurant in Tijuana , Mexico called Caesars. One day short of supplies, he concocted a salad with Romaine, eggs, limes, anchovy and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Thus was born the Caesar Salad!
As always, for the vegetarian palate, the anchovies can be skipped!
However, there is a deeper purpose here; or at least a series of purposes. Readers (or maybe reader?) of my blog will remember (or if you don't I will refresh your memory) that I had alluded a year and a half ago to a restaurant in Rome that had (more than one) historical significance (here is the post: http://musikellishus.blogspot.com/2015/11/pasta-in-roma-yes-of-course.html). The purpose of that post was not just that though, I had intended to write a series of posts about interesting culinary creations and the original restaurants that created them.
So here is Part 2 of that series - the humble (as far as its beginnings) and the now classy Caesar Salad. Cesare (Caesar) Cardini from Lake Maggiore near the Piedmont in Italy emigrated to San Diego in the US in the 1920s and set up a restaurant in Tijuana , Mexico called Caesars. One day short of supplies, he concocted a salad with Romaine, eggs, limes, anchovy and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Thus was born the Caesar Salad!
As always, for the vegetarian palate, the anchovies can be skipped!
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