What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Curious Stories Behind Our Favorite Foods

by Albert Jack

Book Overview

Did you know... the term "hot dog" is believed to have been coined during a baseball game between the Yankees and the Giants in 1901? calzones get their name from their less-than-glamorous looks: "calzone" means "trouser leg" or "drooping sack" in Italian? the word "salary" comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? shrimp cocktail became popular in the 1920s as a safe way of "having a cocktail" during Prohibition? the Cobb salad was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399536906
• ISBN13: 9780399536908
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher