Word: savoyism
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...evening at the turn of the century, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) came to dine at London's Savoy and was startled by an offering near the top of the menu. It read: "Cuisses de Nymphes a VAurore-Nymphs' Thighs alt Dawn." Intrigued, the prince nibbled at them, then called for the chef and demanded to know what he was eating. Frogs' legs, announced the chef. (In this case poached in a white-wine court bouillon, steeped in an aromatic cream sauce, seasoned with paprika, tinted gold, covered by a champagne aspic and served cold...
...when, as an army chef, he learned how to cook a horse (scald the meat and cool before cooking, to kill the bitter taste). After the war he perfected his style and fatefully met Hotelman Cesar Ritz. At Ritz-managed hotels (Monte Carlo's Grand, London's Savoy and Carlton, Paris' Ritz), Escoffier cooked his way to fame...
Married. Maria Pia, 20, daughter of Italy's exiled King Umberto, Princess Royal of the House of Savoy; and Prince Alexander, 30, shipping executive and son of Yugoslavia's onetime Prince Regent Paul; in the village of Cascais, Portugal...
Died. Giulio Gelardi, 80, Italian-born onetime manager of some of the world's most famed international hotels (New York's Waldorf-Astoria, London's Claridge's and Savoy, Rome's Excelsior); of cancer; in London...
...occasion Allen was responsible for keeping a TIME editor out of jail. The man was Senior Editor John Osborne, who was passing through London returning from the Far East. Says Osborne: "Unthinkingly and stupidly, I left London Airport for the Savoy without permission or visa, and the immigration and customs officials were in a splendid rage when Allen brought me back. His good offices and honest English face did more than my arguments to allay the quite serious threat of jail thrown at me by the officials...