Eponymous

"Grammer.police" is listed as the Eponym blog of the day! I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth, so I'll note that the fine admins at Eponym correctly keyed this blog's punctuated title. My favorite eponym construction: the Waldorf salad. Although the source of the name is apocryphal, the leading theories each point to Waldorfs—albeit different ones:

It was first created in 1896 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York by Oscar Tschirky who was the maitre d'hotel. (An alternative theory is that it was created by the Waldorf Lunch System, an early 20th C. lunchroom chain- starting in the 1920's the company logo was an apple.)

It's also great for being the tastiest salad. I sometimes make one using baby spinach but typically stick to a lettuce and arugula mix. Some might say it's too liberal a stretch for a salad bearing the Waldorf brand, but I favor a lemon vinaigrette over the traditional mayo-based dressing. (It's the apples and walnuts that distinguish a salad as a Waldorf.)

Posted by Kriston at June 22, 2006 5:12 PM