Caesar Cardini

Caesar Cardini (1896-1956) was an Italian hotel owner, restaurateur, and chef in Tijuana, Mexico. In 1924 he invented the Caesar salad, the most popular salad of United States. Other related archives1896, 1924, 1956, Caesar salad, Italian, Mexico, Tijuana, United States, chef, hotel, restaurateur

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Caesar (Latin:CAESAR, IPA: 'kaɪsɑr ["kae-sahr"], common English IPA:siːzɚ ["see-zr"]) was originally a cognomen in ancient Rome, derived from "cai-" (of unknown meaning) from which Gaius also derives. Caesar often specifically refers to Julius Caesar or the imperial title of "Caesar" (emperor) used by his decendants: Caesar, a title used by Roman Emperors, and inherited through to the German "Kaiser," (kai-sar) and the Russian Tsar (also rendered czar). Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC), a famous p

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Caesar salad is a traditional salad often prepared tableside. It is sometimes termed the "king" of salads. It was invented in 1924 by Caesar Cardini or one of his associates. Cardini was an Italian-American restaurateur and chef in Tijuana, Mexico, living in San Diego but working in Tijuana to avoid the restrictions of Prohibition. There are several stories about the specifics of the salad's creation, none of which can be confirmed. The most common is that it resulted from a Fourth of July rush depleting the kitchen's supplies, ...

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Riffing on the popular idea that Caesar salad was invented by or for Julius Caesar, the Canadian comedy duo of Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster (both now deceased) did at least two versions of a sketch in which Caesar's chef (played by Shuster) prepares the ingredients of a modern Caesar salad, and says, "You shall name this salad, Caesar". After a moment of pondering, Caesar (played by Wayne) replies (in one version of the sketch), "I name it... coleslaw." Brutus offers his knife ...

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See List of eponyms (L-Z) An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to. ...

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