Behold the Caesar Salad: A Tasty Tale in History You Need to Know

The Caesar salad, now an international staple, wasn’t born in Italy as many think. Instead, it was first created in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1924 by Italian-American chef Caesar Cardini. Cardini, who was managing his restaurant in Tijuana to escape Prohibition restrictions in the U.S., crafted this iconic dish on a busy 4th of July when he was low on ingredients.