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

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

Luke Barr

311 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography food and drink history funny informative medium-paced
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Luke Barr explores the advent of the luxe life through the saga of hotelier Cesar Ritz and chef Auguste Escoffier, whose partnership brought us not only the adjective 'ritzy, ' itself no small testament, but also such once-novel phenomena as hotel...

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