Cultured Palate: Dishes from the American Northeast
| April 4, 2018
3. Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict is a popular brunch dish found in restaurants around the world, but this famed food was first invented by New York City chefs. Delmonico’s, one of the city’s oldest and most storied restaurants, is credited with inventing the dish in 1860. Although the original Delmonico’s has long since closed, its many culinary innovations live on – Eggs Benedict being the most famous creation. Made of a halved English muffin topped with bacon or ham, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce, this dish has tons of variations, but the egg and the hollandaise remain constants.
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