The Misunderstood History of the Caesar Salad

For years I thought the Caesar salad was named for the ancient Roman ruler, Julius Caesar. Well, today i found that I was wrong. In fact, the Caesar salad is named for its creator, Caesar Cardini. According to his daughter, Rosa, the salad was created on July 4th 1924. It was a busy weekend at Caesar's restaurant and he was running low on supplies. He didn't want to dissapoint customers by not serving salad so he created the salad with what was available to him. The salad soon became a hit. I believe that the reason for my misconception is because of Newman's Own Caesar Salad Dressing bottles. They mistakenly placed a photo of Paul Newman portrayed as Caesar on the bottle.