Caesar salad

Meaning

Noun

• A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
• A serving of such salad.

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.