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The salad’s history is unclear. It probably was created by Caesar Cardini (an Italian-born Mexican).
Cardini was living in San Diego but also working in Tijuana where he avoided the restrictions of Prohibition.
As his daughter Rosa 1928–2003) reported, her father invented the dish when a Fourth of July 1924 rush depleted the kitchen’s supplies. Cardini made [...]