{"id":143475,"date":"2025-07-01T22:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143475"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:22:23","slug":"grilled-romaine-salad-w-homemade-dressing-recipe-by-joe-scrizzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143475","title":{"rendered":"Grilled Romaine Salad w\/ Homemade Dressing -Recipe by Joe Scrizzi"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Joe Scrizzi<\/a><\/p>\n

July marks the 7th<\/sup> month of the Gregorian year, it\u2019s also named in honor of Julius Caesar. In 63 B.C. Caesar was elected Pontifex Maximus. During this time, the calendar was 355 days long. Gradually, through mishandling and corruption, pontiffs allowed the calendar to lengthen. To please one priest and anger another, January slipped into fall\u00a0shortening it.\u00a0While\u00a0Caesar<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t place the month of\u00a0Quintilis<\/em>\u00a0(meaning 5th) in the strangely seventh place, he did decide to change from a lunisolar to a solar calendar.<\/p>\n

A year after Caesar completed the calendar, he was assassinated on the Ides of March. In his honor, the Roman Senate named the seventh month July, the month of Caesar\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

In honor of Julius Caesar, I\u2019ve prepared a quick and delicious homemade Caesar dressing to pair with Grilled Romaine\u2026\u2026Happy Birthday Julius! Also, great for the upcoming Fourth of July Holiday!!!<\/p>\n