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| John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
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| There are many stories about the invention of sandwich. But the most common one says that the 4th Earl of Sandwich had asked his servants to add roast beef between a pair of breads so that he can eat with one hand while playing cards with the other. |
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| Sylvester Graham |
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| He is an Italian chef known for inventing the dish, Fettucine Alfredo. He had created it using Parmesan cheese, butter and cream for his wife who was feeble after the birth of a child. Later on, it became popular in USA. |
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| Caesar Cardini |
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| The Caesar Salad is attributed to him. Cardini was a restaurant owner in Mexico. A dish he prepared by using garlic-smelling leaves went on become a salad which became famous in the USA later on. |
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| Robert Cobb |
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| The inventor of the Cobb Salad didn’t create it for fancy. In fact, it was for an urgent need when he had to prepare a salad for his guest while all the workers were away. So he used the leftover foods and prepared the salad. Later on, it was added to his restaurant’s menu, the Brown Derby restaurant, famous in Hollywood. |
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| Lemuel Benedict |
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| After a night of heavy drinking, Lemuel Benedict came back to his hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria. There he ordered a toast with bacon, hollandaise sauce and poached egg. Instead, he received English muffin with ham, hollandaise sauce and poached egg. This led to the invention of the dish named after him, the Eggs Benedict. |
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