num_pages: 302
description: The creator of the Madeline books offers a zany, autobiographical look at behind-the-scenes kitchen life at the Ritz in 1920s and 1930s New York, chronicling the zany antics and characters at the pseudonymous Hotel Splendide in twenty-four whimsical tales and original drawings. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Hotel Bemelmans
titlecomplete: Hotel Bemelmans
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Essays, Autobiography, Travel, Food Writing, History, Food
ratings_count: 481
series: Hotel Bemelmans
publisher: Abrams Press