The names given to foods are sometimes baffling, even downright misleading. German chocolate cake was created in Dallas, Texas. Hawaiian pizza? Ontario, Canada was its birthplace. These are just two ...

Russian dressing and Thousand Island are similar in that they are both creamy and salmon in color. However, Russian salad dressing is spicier with the addition of ingredients like horseradish and ...

"Throughout Europe and especially Latin America," writes author Darra Goldstein in "Beyond the North Wind," "salade russe or ensalada rusa is a familiar dish." All of these Russian Salads mix potatoes ...