Did you ever wonder, how come some worldly known dishes, have the same name as some well known , famous people?? well, let me show you some examples today …
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Mornay Sauce – Philippe, duc de Mornay
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Margarita Drink – Rita Hayworth
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Sacher Torte – Franz Sacher
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Chicken Tetrazzini – Luisa Tetrazzini
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Béchamel sauce – maître d’Hotel to Louis XIV, Louis de Béchamel, Marquis de Nointel
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Tootsie Roll – Clara Hirshfield, nicknamed “Tootsie.”
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Fettuccine Alfredo – Alfredo di Lelio
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Cobb salad – Robert H. Cobb
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Bismarck Herrings – Otto Von Bismarck
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Tarte Tatin – Stephine and Caroline Tatin
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Beef Wellington – Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, defeater of Napoleon, prime minister of Britain
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Caesar salad – Caesar Cardini
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German’s Chocolate Cake – Sam German
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Reuben sandwich – Reuben Kolakofsky
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Crepe Suzette – Suzanne Reichenberg
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Esterhazy torte – Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy
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General Tso’s chicken – General Zuǒ Zōngtáng
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Potatoes O’Brien – William Smith O’Brien
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Frangipane –Marquis Muzio Frangipani
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Martha Washington’s Cake – Martha Washington , wife of George Washington
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Bloody Mary – Queen Mary I of England
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Praline – César de Choiseul, Count du Plessis-Praslin
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Nachos – Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya
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Doboschtorte or Dobostorta – Josef Dobos
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Sandwich – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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Oysters Rockefeller – John D. Rockefeller
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Melba toast – Dame Nellie Melba
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Carpaccio – Vittore Carpaccio
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Bellini (cocktail) – Giovanni Bellini
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Shirley Temple Drink – Shirley Temple
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Beef Stroganoff – Count Alexander Grigorievich Stroganoff
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Granny Smith Apples – Maria Ann Smith
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Salisbury steak – James Henry Salisbury, M.D
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Pavlova – Anna Pavlova
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Bananas Foster – Richard Foster
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Pommes Anna – Anna Deslions
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Graham crackers, Graham flour – Sylvester Graham
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Elvis Sandwich – Elvis Presley
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Omelette Arnold Bennett – Arnold Bennet
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Battenberg Cake – Prince Louis of Battenberg
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Charlotte Russe – Russian employer Czar Alexander I
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Gâteau Saint-Honoré – Saint Honoré or Honorius
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Baby Ruth chocolate bar – Babe Ruth
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Kaiser rolls – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III
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Talleyrand , a pineapple savarin – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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Peach Melba – Dame Nellie Melba
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Clementines – Père Clément Rodier
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Kaiserschmarrn – the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I
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Chateaubriand – Vicomte François René de Chateaubriand
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Eggs Benedict – Lemuel Benedict
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Pizza Margherita – Queen Margherita of Savoy
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Mamie Eisenhower fudge – Mamie Doud Eisenhower, the wife of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Christian IX cheese – King Christian IX of Denmark
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Cherry Garcia ice cream – Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead leader
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Lamingtons – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
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Soufflet Diana – Princes Di
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Delmonico Steak – brothers, John and Peter Delmonico
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Earl Gray Tea – Charles, the 2nd Earl Grey , British Prime Minister
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