Tapping into a viral Caesar wrap

tiktok made me do it

Hi, everyone!

Hope you’re well. Just a reminder that next Monday, I’ll be cooking at a vegan Crust Fund Pizza pop-up at Half Acre. School cafeteria pizza is on the menu, with a decidedly junk food spin, like Buffalo chicken-style slices, a Big Mac knockoff, and a Doritos-topped slice, all of them plant-based. (Don’t worry, there’ll be more traditional ones too.)

All proceeds will go to support The Friendship Center, an organization that serves the Northwest side of Chicago and ensures that our fellow neighbors don’t go hungry. Even if you’re not vegan, I have a feeling that you’ll enjoy the pizza—and if you’re not in the mood to eat, you’re obviously welcome to have a beer and say hello.

That means the newsletter’ll be off next week. I want to be on my A game since I haven’t been in a kitchen for a while.

Today, however, I’ve got an edition for paid subscribers. This one tackles a viral dish that was briefly an object of obsession for social media last summer, the oddly specific chicken Caesar salad wrap.

To be honest, I’ve been a long-time fan of them. There’s something about chicken Caesar salad wraps that scratch a very specific itch for me (as do Buffalo chicken wraps). They make for great bar eating, and they always feel like more of a meal than the original salad. Plus, eating one in wrap form gives you an excuse to eat some fries on the side.

There’s one establishment that’s now known for its chicken Caesar salad wraps, thanks to social media (mainly TikTok), so Davida and I decided to see just how fashionably late we were to this party.