Food

Keep the anchovies, you cowards.

Oil, citrus, pepper, and garlic are the mainstays of many basic salad dressings.

Add Worcestershire sauce, parmesan, egg yolks, and anchovies (!)

and you have the makings of atraditional Caesar dressing.

To really appreciate the lasting love for Caesar salad, one must first understand its history.

(He chose the location to escape Prohibition in the United States.)

The Salad Lab, a page with 2.1M followers, is run byCalifornia-based food bloggerDarlene Schrijver-Hunkapiller.

Sheremakes celebrities favorite salads, remixes meals likebagels and lox into salads, and recreatessalads from popular chain restaurants.

[Caesar] was the only salad my son would eat.

It was always requested at family gatherings so I would always make the dressing by hand.

Foods can definitely be comforting emotionally, just by the taste.

All of my Caesars [rankings] are based on how those three ingredients go together, she says.

She recently shared a recipe forCaesar chicken wingson her page.

Because its salty, crunchy, and refreshing, its a vegetable-packed meal that doesnt taste boring.

Then you’re free to put some pop in of lean protein on top like grilled chicken.

If you’re a vegetarian, you could always choose chickpeas or some pop in of bean.

Ultimately, the beauty of Caesar is in the eye of the beholder.

Its clear that the taste and widespread availability have something to do with it.

Anchovies or no anchovies?

The croutons can be totally different.

Some people cut the lettuce, but historically you don’t cut the lettuce.

Charlie Puth talks about how heeats his Caesar salad with his hands.

It’s a whole phenomenon.