A look at the origin story of this iconic salad and its evolution into a cornerstone of accessible American cuisine.
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Long before there was a “girls’ dinner” for me there was Caesar salad. When I was in high school and felt it was the ultimate privilege to be given a pass to leave campus for lunch my girlfriends and I would head to our local Brighams’ a lately great restaurant and a regular in many Massachusetts suburbs and order our regular meal: black-and-white milkshakes and Diet Cokes a shared plate of fries and onion rings and giant bowls of Caesar salad with garlic croutons and a generous shower of shaved Parmesan. It was the ultimate transition meal between childhood and adulthood: a salty creamy yet refreshing meal perfect for the ladies who lunch we hoped to become. While there was much we didn’t know at the time we knew that salad was always good.
It’s easy to take the Caesar salad’s popularity for granted. With its hearty creamy dressing semi-indestructible romaine lettuce leaves and crunchy croutons it seems impossible to imagine a universe without a Caesar salad that didn’t have a large fan base. But when you look back at the salad’s origin story and its evolution into a cornerstone of accessible American cooking it quickly becomes clear that the Caesar has been an ideal vehicle for shifting tastes and culinary beliefs. The more beloved it has become the more the Caesar salad has become a safe jumping-off point from which to tinker with America’s ever-changing appetites.
