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Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class

Luke Barr

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In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times best-selling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn the modern luxury hotel and restaurant, where women and American Jews mingled with British high society, signaling a new social order and the rise of the middle class.

In early August 1889, César Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London. He had come at the request of Richard D´Oyly Carte, the financier of Gilbert & Sullivan´s comic operas, who had modernized theater and was now looking to create the world's…

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Luke Barr