Caesar salad

noun

1. a salad of romaine lettuce tossed with an olive oil dressing, a coddled or raw egg, garlic, and grated cheese and topped with croutons and sometimes anchovies.

Caesar salad

noun

1. a salad of lettuce, cheese, and croutons with a dressing of olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caesar salad¹

First recorded in 1945–50; allegedly after a restaurant named Caesar's in Tijuana, Mexico

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caesar salad¹

C20: named after Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), Mexican restaurateur who invented it

Example Sentences

And they have this really good Caesar salad that they put a whole soft-boiled egg on.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t want to intimidate people because a lot of the time you can’t be real with your lawyer,” she tells me over our plates of pork belly lechon and Napa caesar salad.

From Los Angeles Times

“It seems so finite, so definite — closed and fixed,” she said over a shrimp Caesar salad at the Edition hotel.

From New York Times

“He learned a lot — he learned about wines, how to make a Caesar salad,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Bess picked up a menu and began to read out loud: "They're having something called Caesar Salad. The main course is salmon and asparagus. And for dessert there's...Chock Full of Chocolate Ice Cream."

From Literature