Should Dijon Be Capitalized?
It Doesn't Work Like Caesar Salad, French Dressing, Dijon Mustard, German Potato Salad, or Italian Parsley. That's Because You Only Capitalize That First Word...
It doesn't work like Caesar salad, French dressing, Dijon mustard, German potato salad, or Italian parsley. That's because you only capitalize that first word when it's already a proper noun or else an adjective derived from a proper noun.
Should recipe titles be capitalized?
On an actual restaurant menu, it's acceptable to capitalize names of dishes, because they are the equivalent of headings on that type of document, but names of ingredients in a descriptive passage below the item name should not be capitalized unless they already deserve that distinction.
Should Sriracha be capitalized?
Is it “Sriracha” or “sriracha”? The capitalization, or lack thereof, actually carries some surprisingly potentially massive implications. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the correct rendering would be “sriracha,” because the term is “generic”—a point I'll come back to in a second.
Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.
