The App

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Olive oil and red wine vinegar on vintage spoons

Adding fresh garlic to the caesar dressing

The Recipe

Bold. Sharp. Unforgettable.

Serves 4

Romaine lettuce Chilled. Tear by hand, never cut.
2 heads
Anchovy fillets Oil-packed. The foundation of the dressing.
3
Garlic cloves Freshly peeled.
2
Eureka lemon Fresh juice only.
1
Red wine vinegar
1 tsp
Dijon mustard Specifically Grey Poupon®.
2 tbsp
Hot pepper sauce Specifically Tabasco®
3 dashes +
Worcestershire Lea & Perrins® The Original
8 dashes +
Extra virgin olive oil EVOO.
2 oz
Parmesan cheese, freshly grated Never pre-grated.
3 oz
Kosher salt, finely ground
to taste
Coarse black pepper
to taste

Fresh ingredients laid out on a dark surface

1

Mash the anchovies

Add a pinch of salt to a large wooden salad bowl. Press the anchovy fillets into the salt with a fork and drag them against the grain of the wood. Keep working until they break into a smooth paste.
2

Add acid

Incorporate the lemon juice and red wine vinegar. Whisk with the fork until the anchovies are fully broken down.
3

Add the garlic

Add freshly peeled and grated garlic cloves to the bowl and mix about.
4

Add the dijon mustard

Add the Grey Poupon® dijon mustard, and whisk until blended.
5

Add the worcestershire

Add the Lea & Perrins® Worcestershire sauce until blended.
6

Add the hot pepper sauce

Add the Tabasco® hot pepper sauce until blended.
7

Add the parmesan cheese

Freshly grate a generous amount of parmesan cheese, and whisk in. This is the element that ties it all together.
8

Dress the lettuce

Add washed and chilled romaine leaves and toss to coat every leaf in dressing.
9

Finish

Top with a generous amount of freshly grated parmesan cheese and season with coarse black pepper to taste.

The finished Best Caesar salad in a wooden bowl

Young Tyson learning to make caesar salad, circa 1984

The Story

A recipe learned at my father's side.

I learned this recipe from my father — not from a recipe card, but from watching him make it, hundreds of times, in the same wooden bowl. He never measured anything. It wasn’t just about the salad. It was about doing something with care and sharing it with people you love.

In 2013, I built an app to share this recipe with the world. Apple featured it, and before long it had been downloaded by over 70,000 people in more than 100 countries. For a recipe about one salad, that felt like magic.

The app went dark in 2020. The recipe did not. Now, rebuilt from scratch for a new decade, The Best Caesar is back.

“I believe this to be The Best Caesar. Period.”
— Tyson Caly

“I love that this app exists.”
— Ryan S., California

“Getting there is as enjoyable as your first bite and that bite tastes like nothing less than the best caesar salad you have ever had.”
— Hustle + Kale