Today, on 4 July 2024, Caesar salad turns 100 years old. Well, kind of. Like the anchovies that make its dressing so much more than the sum of its parts, the stories about the origins of America’s most famous salad are slippery.

On the eve of this iconic salad’s birthday, the French newspaper Le Figaro interviewed me to find out more about the reporting I did for my 2019 article“The Surprising Truth About Caesar Salad” for BBC Travel.

Find the feature, penned by Alice Bosio, in the 3 July 2024 print edition of Le Figaro.