Hail Caesar: The Caesar Salad
I can’t think of a single restaurant dish that is more bastardized than Caesar salad. Romaine lettuce gets replaced with radicchio, curly endive, frisee, and arugula. (One chef used all four.) Croutons have been made with polenta, olive bread, English muffins, even grits. Other ingredients have included capers, cucumbers, tomatoes, …