Caesar salad isn't easy, it isn't low fat, low calorie, or particularly swanky. But when it's made well, it's delicious.
And when I saw the leafy green head of romaine lettuce in the CSA box this week, I thought of Caesar. Caesar Cardini, that is, the restaurateur that invented this salad in 1924 when a rush of business on July 4 depleted the kitchen of his San Diego restaurant and he had to improvise.
I like anchovies and homemade croutons. I hate oily fatty dressing and I didn't want to use raw egg. So I reached into the Eating Well Recipe Rescue Cookbook and pulled out a favorite recipe that uses a dressing made from roasted garlic and a little bit of chicken broth, vinegar and oil and whirred in a food processor.
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