So, yesterday was my birthday  - another year older another year wiser, right? When I read about the origin of the term Eggs Benedict, I had to laugh: Supposedly, Lemuel Benedict, a retired Wall Street stock broker, strolled into the Waldorf Hotel in New York City in 1894 and ordered "buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise." Apparently the maître d' was so inspired by the request, that he added it the menu, but substituted ham for the bacon and an English ... Continue Reading