Caesar salad

caesar salad

Caesar salad

a salad of greens, grated cheese, croutons, anchovies, etc. with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and raw or coddled eggs

Origin of Caesar salad

so named in honor of Julius Caesar by Giacomo Junia, Italian-American chef in Chicago, who invented it c. 1903

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caesar salad

noun

A tossed salad of greens, croutons, grated cheese, and sometimes anchovies, with a dressing of olive oil, raw egg, lemon juice, garlic, and seasonings.

Origin of caesar salad

Possibly after Caesar's , a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico

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Noun

(plural Caesar salads)

(cooking, countable and uncountable) A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
Would you like some Caesar salad for lunch?
Of all the Caesar salads I've tasted, this is the finest.
A serving of such salad.
Would you like a Caesar salad for lunch?

Origin

Named after (Italian-born) US restaurateur Caesar Cardini (1896–1956) who is generally thought to have invented it for his Tijuana restaurant in 1924.

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