Caesar Cardini
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February 24, 1896 Baveno, Lago Maggiore region of Italy |
| Died | November 3, 1956 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California |
Caesar Cardini (also known as Cesare Cardini, February 24, 1896 – November 3, 1956) was an Italian American restaurateur, chef, and hotel owner who, along with his brother Alex Cardini (c1899 – December 22, 1974), is credited with creating the Caesar salad.
Caesar Cardini was born as Cesare Cardini in Baveno, a comune on the shore of Lago Maggiore, and had seven siblings: Bonifacio, Aldo, Nereo, Alessandro, Carlotta, Caudencio and Maria. While the sisters, Bonifacio and Aldo, stayed in Italy, the other three brothers emigrated to America; Nereo opened a small hotel near the casino in Santa Cruz, California; Alessandro and Caudencio eventually were in the restaurant business in Mexico City. Alessandro, who was called Alex in the USA, is reported to have been Caesar's partner in Tijuana, Mexico. Cesare sailed as a steerage passenger on board the RMS Olympic which arrived at the Port of New York on May 1, 1913. After inspection at Ellis Island, he boarded a train bound for Montreal.
He eventually returned to Italy but, after having worked in European gastronomy, Caesar went again to the United States in 1919. With partner William Brown, he ran Brown's Restaurant in Sacramento, then he moved to San Diego. At that time he established the first of several restaurants in Tijuana, where he could avoid the restrictions of prohibition. He married musician Camille D. Stump on August 28, 1924 in Santa Ana, California. The couple had one daughter, Rosa Maria Cardini (1928-2003).
Cardini is credited with having created "Caesar's salad" which became fashionable among Hollywood and other celebrities, especially after he had moved his restaurant a few blocks to the hotel, which was built around 1929 (nowadays called Hotel Caesar's).
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