Caesar Salad
恺撒沙拉

If you go to an American restaurant, very probably there is a dish called “Caesar salad”. Caesar salad, a simple home-cooking dish, is both nutritious and delicious. Known as “the King of Salad”, Caesar salad is made of sweet and crisp romaine lettuce, toasted croutons, aromatic parmesan cheese, and creamy dressing — altogether they create an irresistible taste. Dressing is the key to a Caesar salad and two coddled eggs will make the dressing richer. The slight anchovy flavor comes from the Worcestershire sauce. It is often prepared tableside and traditionally prepared in a wooden bowl.
去美国餐厅吃饭，一定有款菜叫“恺撒沙拉”。恺撒沙拉是一道简单的家常菜肴，营养丰富，美味可口，被称作“沙拉之王”。又甜又脆的长叶莴苣、烤得焦黄酥脆的面包粒、香浓的帕马森奶酪，加上浓滑的恺撒沙拉酱，混合在一起创造出奇妙的味觉冲击。恺撒沙拉酱是这道菜的关键, 加两个稍凝固的蛋黄能够令沙拉酱更加浓滑。沙拉中的凤尾鱼口味来源于伍斯特沙司。这道菜常常会在餐桌旁现场烹饪，通常在木碗中制成。

Caesar salad has nothing to do with Julius Caesar. On its origin there are several stories. People tend to attribute the salad's creation to a restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States. His daughter Rosa (1928-2003) recounted that her father invented the dish when a Fourth of July 1924 rush depleted the kitchen's supplies. Cardini made do with what he had, adding the dramatic flair of the table-side tossing “by the chef.” The salad soon became a hit. In 1948, Cardini began to sell the dressing commercially under the name of Cardini's.
恺撒沙拉与恺撒大帝并无关联。关于它的起源也存在诸多说法。多数人认为该沙拉的发明归功于一位名叫恺撒·卡迪尼的饭店老板，他是一位在美国和墨西哥开餐馆的意大利移民。据他的女儿罗莎叙述，她的父亲发明这道菜是在1924年7月4日。那天如潮般的食客消耗了厨房所有的食材，卡迪尼将就着用他仅有的食材，为客人在桌边搅拌沙拉来增加感染力。不久之后恺撒沙拉便深受欢迎。1948年，卡迪尼以“卡迪尼”为名出售这款恺撒沙拉酱。