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