Day: 26 March 2011
Mayonnaise, a Sauce of Controversial Origins
March 26, 2011 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
The origin of the famous mayonnaise sauce has stirred up much controversy. According to certain historians, it got its name from the town of Mahon, main city of Menorca in the Balearic Islands, an archipelago off Spain. When the French conquered these islands in 1756, the cook of Admiral Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, successfully reproduced […]