This week, we tell you the stories of how two iconic foods came to be and the genius minds behind them. Back up against the wall, Chef Caesar Cardini invented the Caesar Salad during a devastatingly FOMO-inducing July Fourth weekend in Tijuana and gave girls everywhere a reason to believe in dinner. Girlboss Sarah Hamouda turned her pregnancy cravings into a global dessert sensation with Dubai Chocolate. Will it stand the test of time the way Caesar’s emergency salad has? We shall see.

Plus: we refuse to buy package insurance, Anneliese’s ex gets engaged (in JOGGERS), and the decades long Brussels sprout smear campaign.