| If you have a favorite restaurant, you probably have | | | | about anything else you can imagine. |
| a favorite restaurant dish. Perhaps you've even tried | | | | Caesar Salad - There is some debate surrounding this |
| to recreate that dish at home, using your taste buds | | | | salad's origin, but the original recipe is a classic. The |
| as your only guide. There have been times when I've | | | | ingredients usually include croutons, garlic, torn lettuce, |
| done this successfully, and times when I've fallen | | | | hard-boiled eggs, and a dressing of olive oil, lemon |
| short. | | | | juice, Worcestershire sauce, and Parmesan cheese. |
| However, not every restaurant recipe is a perfect | | | | But, the real inspiration for this salad is to prepare it |
| duplicate, nor should it be. There are many examples | | | | "table-side", and with a flourish! |
| of restaurant inspired recipes that can be created at | | | | Buffalo Wings - In more recent history, the famous |
| home. Even if the original recipe is long gone, the | | | | Buffalo Wings actually were created in a bar in |
| inspiration remains. | | | | Buffalo, New York. The classic recipe of deep frying |
| A couple examples of restaurant inspired recipes are | | | | the chicken wings and soaking them in Red Hot |
| classic and well-known. | | | | sauce has inspired many restaurants to come up with |
| Waldorf Salad - The Waldorf Astoria in New York | | | | their own varieties. However, most restaurants still |
| City is the home of the Waldorf Salad. The original, | | | | give a nod to tradition by serving their spicy wings on |
| which is said to have been made with only apples, | | | | a platter with celery sticks and bleu cheese dressing. |
| celery, and mayonnaise, has certainly inspired what | | | | Instead of copying a classic restaurant recipe, try to |
| we recognize today as a Waldorf Salad, complete | | | | let that dish inspire you to create your own famous |
| with walnuts, dried cranberries, grapes, and just | | | | family recipe! |