EVER HAD A DISH NAMED AFTER YOU?

                                                        Jacaranda is plentiful here at this time of year...

Linked to Alphabe-Thursday where *W* is for Beef *W*ellington (below) & other classic dishes named after people ...

                          Beef Wellington – named after the, er, Duke of Wellington

1. Pêche Melba, invented by Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in the 1890’s for Australian opera singer Nelly Melba:

2. The Pavlova– named after the ballerina Anna Pavlova

3. Caesar salad – created by Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who owned restaurants in the USA & Mexico:

4. Charlotte Russe – “Russe” may refer to the chef’s (Marie-Antoine Carême) employer Tsar Alexander while "Charlotte” to George 1V‘s daughter:

5.Frangipane tart – named after a 16^th century member of the Italian Frangipani family:

6.Sachertorte – created by confectioner Franz Sacher for Austrian Prinz Wenzel von Metternich in 1832:

7.Beef Stroganoff – named after the, umm, Russian Stroganoff family

8.Tarte Tatin - named after two 19^TH century French sisters:

9.Sandwich – named after John Montagu, 4^th Earl of Sandwich who, too busy to stop for a meal, allegedly ordered meat to be brought to him held between two slices of bread:

WHAT'S YOUR CULINARY PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE: EVER HAD A DISH NAMED AFTER YOU?

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