num_pages: 311
description: 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 rooms with their own bathrooms and innovative dishes like peach Melba. It's a charming tale of success scandal and redemption--complete with an unexpected villain.
language: English
title: Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class
publisher: Clarkson Potter