 A popular salad celebrates a 100-year anniversary this 4th of July. Chop up the anchovies and the garlic together. Long before Gordon Ramsay came along, an Italian immigrant named Caesar Cardini is said to have whipped up the very first Caesar salad at his restaurant on a steamy night in Tijuana, Mexico. In the middle of the dining room on July 4th, 1924, he tossed whole romaine leaves and whipped up a dressing of garlic-flavored oil, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, eggs, and parm. Voila!