In addition, the famed Ecole Ritz Escoffier, popular for its guest cooking classes, is being expanded, and the hotel's exterior restored.

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Unlike her father, who marinated his beef in wine for up to 48 hours, Ms. Escoffier said she skips the soak but slow-simmers for longer than her father did.

WSJ: Where's the Best Boeuf?

Chef Fabienne Escoffier turns out a rich beef stew studded with smoked bacon, pearl onions and braised mushrooms enrobed in a chestnut-colored sauce whose flavor hints at the full-bodied Burgundy she cooks with.

WSJ: Where's the Best Boeuf?

The original Hyde Park campus has always been the flagship, and its top tier fine dining spot since the Seventies had been the Escoffier Restaurant, for decades the premier reservation in upstate New York.

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Long one of the world's top hotels, the Savoy was the first ever with private bathrooms in every room, and was originally brought to glory by the world's most famous hotelier, Cesar Ritz, and most famous chef, August Escoffier.

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