"London the chefs perfected an omelette incorporating smoked haddock, Parmesan cheese and cream, which pleased him so much that he insisted that it be prepared wherever he travelled. The Omelette Arnold Bennett has remained a standard dish at the Savoy ever since. A number of streets in the Bradwell area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which neighbours Stoke-on-Trent, are named after places and characters in Bennett's works, and Bennett himself. Two blue plaques have been installed to commemorate Bennett. The first, at his former residence in Cadogan Square, London was placed by London County Council in 1958. The second was placed in 2014"
"Harry Craddock Harry Craddock (August 29, 1876 – January 25, 1963) was an English bartender who trained in the US and became one of the most famous bartenders of the 1920s and 1930s. He is known for his tenure at the Savoy Hotel in London, and for his 1930 book, ""The Savoy Cocktail Book"". Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Craddock moved to the United States in 1897, where he worked at Cleveland's Hollenden Hotel and New York's Knickerbocker Hotel and Hoffman House, becoming a United States citizen. He left America during Prohibition and sailed to Liverpool with his wife and daughter"
"Hotel Savoy (novel) Hotel Savoy is a 1924 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. Its story is set in the Hotel Savoy in Łódź, where lonely war veterans, variety dancers and others dream of better places. The novel was serialised in the ""Frankfurter Zeitung"" between 9 February and 16 March 1924. It was published in book form in Germany by ""Verlag Die Schmiede"" later the same year. It was translated to English by John Hoare and published in 1986 through The Overlook Press. Herbert Gold reviewed the book for ""The New York Times"" in 1987: ""Like the ceiling of"
"Gunvald Larsson. Murder at the Savoy Murder at the Savoy (original title: ""Polis, polis, potatismos!"" literally ""Police, Police, Mashed Potatoes!"") is a crime novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. It is the sixth book out of ten in the detective series by revolving around police detective Martin Beck. ""Murder at the Savoy"" is the English title of the novel. The Swedish title of the book, meaning ""Police, police, mashed potatoes"", is explained in a scene where Gunvald Larsson is telling off the miserably lazy policemen Kristiansson and Kvant. The two policemen had, instead of obeying their orders"
"Murder at the Savoy Murder at the Savoy (original title: ""Polis, polis, potatismos!"" literally ""Police, Police, Mashed Potatoes!"") is a crime novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. It is the sixth book out of ten in the detective series by revolving around police detective Martin Beck. ""Murder at the Savoy"" is the English title of the novel. The Swedish title of the book, meaning ""Police, police, mashed potatoes"", is explained in a scene where Gunvald Larsson is telling off the miserably lazy policemen Kristiansson and Kvant. The two policemen had, instead of obeying their orders to arrest"
"adjacent buildings as its success grew in the 18th and 19th centuries. Major changes took place in the 1930s, and the annex was knocked down in 1933. The inn has been associated with royalty, bareknuckle prizefighting, smuggling among other things, and has been the subject of novels and paintings. It was central to the plot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery novel ""Rodney Stone"", written in 1896. John George Haigh, a notorious serial killer in the 1940s known for his ""acid bath"" murders, stayed at the hotel on numerous occasions, and dined there on the day he killed one of"
"always continuity and connection,' his art is kind and draws us to a satisfying conclusion after the luridness of events."" Hotel Savoy (novel) Hotel Savoy is a 1924 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. Its story is set in the Hotel Savoy in Łódź, where lonely war veterans, variety dancers and others dream of better places. The novel was serialised in the ""Frankfurter Zeitung"" between 9 February and 16 March 1924. It was published in book form in Germany by ""Verlag Die Schmiede"" later the same year. It was translated to English by John Hoare and published in 1986"
"before joining the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1920. Craddock’s ""The Savoy Cocktail Book"", a collection of 750 cocktails, was first published in 1930 and is still in print today. He is sometimes credited with creating a number of classic cocktails, including the famous Corpse Reviver #2 and White Lady. While at the Savoy, Craddock co-founded the United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild in 1934. In 1938, he moved to the Dorchester Hotel and then the Browns Hotel, retiring in 1947. He died in 1963 and was buried in a pauper's grave. Harry Craddock Harry Craddock (August 29, 1876"
"and to provide work for members of the Decadent movement as it began to decline with the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. The magazine was started by Leonard Smithers, writer Arthur Symons (The Symbolist Movement In Literature) and artist Aubrey Beardsley. It is considered a little magazine, and was described as ""a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism"". The name was inspired by the Savoy Hotel, a glamorous hotel in London which opened in 1889 and became infamous for being the location for Oscar Wilde's trysts. Hubert Crackanthorpe tried to convince Grant Richards to join him in buying ""The Savoy"" but"
"capable of masterly delegation ... punctilious and conservative in manner and dress, he had a shrewd business appreciation of practical detail and people's tastes in leisure activities."" In 1930, the novelist Arnold Bennett, who knew the Savoy well, dedicated his ""Imperial Palace"" to Reeves-Smith. The principal character of the novel, Evelyn Orcham, is the resourceful and urbane general manager of a large ""hôtel de luxe"" in London. Reeves-Smith founded the Hotels and Restaurants Association (1910) and was its dominant figure for the rest of his life. He was connected with other catering industry organisations, including the International Hotel Alliance, of"
"Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, The Beatles and many others. Winston Churchill often took his cabinet to lunch at the hotel. The hotel is now managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. It has been called ""London's most famous hotel"". It has 267 guest rooms and panoramic views of the River Thames across Savoy Place and the Thames Embankment. The hotel is a Grade II listed building. The House of Savoy was the ruling family of Savoy, descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or ""Maurienne""), who became count in 1032. The name Sabaudia evolved into ""Savoy"" (or"
"Chamberlin Inn The Chamberlin Inn is a historic Cody, Wyoming hotel and landmark, known famously as the hotel where Ernest Hemingway stayed and finished his manuscript, ""Death in the Afternoon"". Located at 1032 12th Street in downtown Cody, Wyoming the small boutique hotel is 21 units made up of a series of suites, rooms, cottage and garden studios, as well as the Court House Residence, all within a brick and wrought iron courtyard. In 1900 Agnes (Aggie) Chamberlin made the journey from Kansas to Cody based on a job awarded to her to work for the famous Buffalo Bill Cody"
"Benedick"" in 1894. In an interview recorded in the ""Talk of the Town"" column of ""The New Yorker"" in 1942, the year before his death, Lemuel Benedict, a retired Wall Street stock broker, said that he had wandered into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 and, hoping to find a cure for his morning hangover, ordered ""buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise"". Oscar Tschirky, the ""maître d'hôtel"", was so impressed with the dish that he put it on the breakfast and luncheon menus but substituted ham for the bacon and a toasted English muffin for the"
"occupies the space that was once the grill. The Lord Nelson Hotel was named after England’s greatest naval hero: Horatio Nelson. A young student, Oswald Schenk, won a contest for suggesting the name of the hotel. The hotel opened during the early days of radio and because of its height, CHNS, which begn in 1926, moved its broadcast studio from the old Carleton Hotel to the roof of the new Lord Nelson in 1928. It inspired a critically acclaimed novel by Ray Smith called ""Lord Nelson Tavern"", first published in 1974. The Lord Nelson also inspired the fictional hotel featured"
"town. The hotel was central to the plot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery novel ""Rodney Stone"", written in 1896. Sussex's bareknuckle prizefighting tradition was a central theme, and the novel described at length the build-up to a fight involving the eponymous narrator's friend Boy Jim, including the moment they arrived at ""the high front door of the old George Inn, glowing from every door and pane and crevice, in honour of the noble company who were to sleep within that night"". Jem Belcher, one of several real bareknuckle fighters who featured in fictionalised form in the novel, trained Boy"
"classic American jazz every day on a baby grand piano in the centre of the room. The Beaufort Bar is a new bar created in the 2010 renovation, specialising in champagne as well as cocktails. Decorated in an Art Deco design of jet-black and gold, it offers a nightly cabaret. In 1930, the Savoy Hotel first published its cocktail book, ""The Savoy Cocktail Book"", with 750 recipes compiled by Harry Craddock of the American Bar and Art Deco ""decorations"" by Gilbert Rumbold. The book has remained in print since then and was subsequently republished in 1952, 1965, 1985, 1996, and"
"to the hotel's personalised service, the Savoy Tea, afternoon tea in the Thames Foyer, and the Beaufort bar, concluding: ""The Savoy is back where it belongs – right on top."" The Savoy Grill, however, lost its Michelin star and reopened to mixed reviews. Three years after the reopening, the owners announced that business had been disappointing, and the hotel was in jeopardy of closing. The hotel celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014, at which time it received a glowing review from the ""London Evening Standard"". Numerous notable guests have stayed at the hotel. Claude Monet and James Whistler both stayed"
"Heathcote, a particularly large Neoclassical style villa, for John Thomas Hemingway, a Bradford wool merchant. It is a Grade II* listed building. T. S. Eliot in 1916 delivered six extension lectures in Ilkley, on the theme of modern French literature. He considered Wensleydale to be the 'Mozart of cheeses'. Between the 5 and 17 August 1923, philosopher and educator Rudolf Steiner delivered a series of fourteen lectures at Ilkley which were published as ""A Modern Art of Education."" They provided a comprehensive overview of Waldorf education. In his report of the event, which embodies the language of his distinctive philosophical"
"Dior, Sophia Loren, Julie Andrews, Lena Horne, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Elton John, U2, Led Zeppelin, The Who, George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Fry are just a few of the celebrities who stayed there in recent decades. Richard Harris lived at the hotel for the last several years of his life. While being carried out on a stretcher before he died, he joked, ""It was the food."" The Savoy hotel has long been associated with the arts. Monet served as the hotel's first artist-in-residence in 1901, and that program continues. George Gershwin gave"
"Hanky-Panky cocktail The Hanky-Panky cocktail was the brainchild of Ada Coleman (known as ""Coley"") who began as a bartender at the Savoy Hotel in 1903. Her benefactor was Rupert D'Oyly Carte, a member of the family that first produced Gilbert and Sullivan operas in London and that built the Savoy Hotel. When Rupert became chairman of the Savoy, Ada was given a position at the hotel's American Bar, where she eventually became the head bartender and made cocktails for the likes of Mark Twain, the Prince of Wales, Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, and Sir Charles Hawtrey. Hawtrey was the man"
"Hotel Normandie The Hotel Normandie is a historic boutique hotel within what is now Koreatown, Los Angeles. It is located at 605 S. Normandie Ave. It has 92 guest rooms and suites. It was built in 1926 in the Wilshire district in the Renaissance Revival style and was designed by Los Angeles architects Percy Eisen and Albert R. Walker. Author Malcolm Lowry wrote a significant portion of the novel ""Under the Volcano"" while residing at the hotel. ""Under the Volcano"" is now listed at #11 on Modern Library's list of 100 Best Novels. The hotel was listed as Los Angeles"
"Savoy Hotel The Savoy is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Carte's family for over a century. The Savoy was the first luxury hotel in Britain, introducing electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold running water and many other innovations. Carte hired"
"the largest hotel in the world at the time. It was designed specifically to cater to the needs of socially prominent ""wealthy upper crust"" of New York and distinguished foreign visitors to the city. It was the first hotel to offer electricity and private bathrooms throughout. The Waldorf gained world renown for its fundraising dinners and balls, as did its celebrity ""maître d'hôtel"", Oscar Tschirky, known as ""Oscar of the Waldorf"". Tschirky authored ""The Cookbook by Oscar of The Waldorf"" (1896), a 900-page book featuring all of the recipes of the day, including his own, such as Waldorf salad, Eggs"
"followed five days in the lives of employees and residents of New Orleans' luxurious St. Gregory Hotel. The book spent 48 weeks on the ""New York Times"" best seller list, peaking at #3, and became the eighth highest-selling novel of the year. It established the template for Hailey's future works: ordinary people involved in extraordinary situations in a business or industry which is described in meticulous detail. Following the success of ""Hotel"", Hailey moved to California. In 1968 he achieved international fame with his fourth novel, ""Airport"" (Doubleday), the story of one eventful night at a midwestern international airport. The"
"set in an institution modelled on the Savoy Hotel. Imperial Palace (novel) Imperial Palace is the last and longest novel by author Arnold Bennett. Published in 1930, the year before Bennett's death, the novel follows the daily workings of a hotel modelled on the Savoy Hotel in London. The central character, Evelyn Orcham, is the director of the hotel. While the novel was successful in its time, it was overshadowed by Vicki Baum's best-selling novel, ""Menschen im Hotel"" ""(People in a Hotel)"" published the same year and later turned into the Academy Award winning film, ""Grand Hotel"". Bennett's second novel,"
"Hotel (Hailey novel) Hotel is a 1965 novel by Arthur Hailey. It is the story of an independent New Orleans hotel, the St. Gregory, and its management's struggle to regain profitability and avoid being assimilated into the O'Keefe chain of hotels. The St. Gregory is supposedly based on the Roosevelt Hotel, although the old St. Charles Hotel is also cited as the basis for the novel. The novel was adapted into a movie in 1967, and in 1983 Aaron Spelling turned it into a television series, airing for five years on ABC. In the TV series the St. Gregory Hotel"
"He took lessons in pastry-making from Renee Atkinson. He revelled in making difficult croissants and brioches as well as scones and cakes. One of his proudest dishes was a dessert named La Stupenda Bavarois, dedicated to the opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. With his partner Brian Sack, he created the first Country House Hotel. Sharrow Bay was Egon Ronay Guide's Hotel of the Year in 1974, and Restaurant of the Year in 1980. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1994. Brian George Sack was born in London on 29 January 1923 and"
"at the hotel and painted or drew views, from their rooms, of the River Thames. The Savoy featured prominently in guest Oscar Wilde's trial for gross indecency. Other celebrity guests in the hotel's early decades included the future King Edward VII, Sarah Bernhardt, Enrico Caruso, Lillie Langtry, H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Nellie Melba, Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Truman, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, Josephine Baker, Cary Grant, Babe Ruth, Ivor Novello and Noël Coward. The hotel kept records of its guests' preferences, so that it could provide for them in"
"mentions Old and New Soho, including details about Soho coffee-houses including The Moorish Café and The Algerian. Kettner's was a restaurant on Romilly Street, established in 1867 by Napoleon III's chef Auguste Kettner. It was frequently visited by Albert, Prince of Wales (where he is alleged to have dined with his mistress, Lillie Langtry) and Oscar Wilde. The restaurant survived both World Wars without incident, and was regularly visited by Agatha Christie and Bing Crosby. The Gargoyle Club opened at No 69 Dean Street in 1925. It was founded by the socialite the Hon David Tennant as a place where"
"Maigret and the Hotel Majestic Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (French title: Les Caves du Majestic) is a 1942 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. It was also published under the title The Hotel Majestic. Maigret is called to the high-class Hotel Majestic to investigate a body. The wife of a wealthy American has been killed - but to Maigret's surprise she has a gun in her purse. He begins to follow up the handful of clues that could explain her secret life and her demise. It has been adapted on two occasions"
"character from his novels, Lucien de Rubempré, eat there. In the novel ""In Search of Lost Time,"" Marcel Proust's character Swann enters the restaurant looking for Odette. When he doesn't find her there, he falls deeply in love. The restaurant is also mentioned in the novel ""The Old Wives' Tale"" by Arnold Bennett. It has been claimed that the dish tournedos Rossini was created by the chef of the Maison Dorée, Casimir Moisson, who created the recipe for the composer Gioachino Rossini, a regular customer. In the building above the restaurants, several newspapers opened editorial offices. In 1853, Alexandre Dumas"
"he frequently disrupts the illusion of reality. The school of Henry James, with its emphasis on maintaining that illusion, marked a break with Thackeray's techniques. Charlotte Brontë dedicated the second edition of ""Jane Eyre"" to Thackeray. In 1887 the Royal Society of Arts unveiled a blue plaque to commemorate Thackeray at the house at 2 Palace Green, London, that had been built for him in the 1860s. It is now the location of the Israeli Embassy. Thackeray's former home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is now a restaurant named after the author. William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July"
"he mentioned it to Agatha Christie and the detective story ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"" was the result. Savoy Hotel (Mussoorie) The Savoy, is a historic luxury hotel located in the hill station, Mussoorie, in Uttarakhand state of India, owned by Hotel Controls Pvt Ltd ITC Welcomgroup Hotels. Established in 1902, built in English Gothic architecture style mostly in wood, the hotel is spread over with 50 rooms at present, and overlooks the Himalayas. After the railway reached Dehradun in 1900, Mussoorie became more popular, and was the chief summer resort for European residents of the British Raj, from the"