Escoffier
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Proprietor Romain Escoffier confirmed a recent uptick in American diners, “opening the doors of our city, eager to discover a certain art de vivre unique to Burgundy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
"At the turn of the 20th century, you have Georges Auguste Escoffier, who, with his friend Ritz, opened the Ritz-Carlton," explains Gillian Gualtieri, a sociologist at Barnard College in New York City.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023
An Austrian apprentice of Escoffier, Louis P. De Gouy, was chef at the Waldorf Astoria for 30 years and wrote 13 cookbooks.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2023
Indeed, the turkey sandwich at Ellwood and Bonnie Ziegler’s Star Market in Denver, circa 1981, was a masterpiece worthy of Escoffier.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
Roberts, Mr. Hoover and M. Escoffier are marked by a coruscating wit unparalleled in the annals of Dietetics.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
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