Should Caesar Salad Be Capitalized?

We assume from its guidelines that Chicago would recommend “waldorf salad” and “caesar salad.” The style guide acknowledges that while it prefers to lowercase proper names “in their nonliteral use,” some such names “are capitalized in Webster's.”

Is Caesar salad capitalized?

An upper case C is preferred in such expressions as Caesar salad and Caesarean section because they refer to specific people. The Caesar salad is named for its creator, Caesar Cardini.

Should food names be capitalized?

Most food names are lowercase, “apples,” oranges,” “cheese,” “peanut butter.” Capitalize brand names and trademarks, “Roquefort cheese,” “Tabasco sauce.” Most proper nouns or adjectives are capitalized when they occur in a food name.