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Oscar of the Waldorf
Oscar of the Waldorf
Oscar of the Waldorf
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The present volume is the biography of Oscar Tschirky (1866-1943), known throughout the world as Oscar of the Waldorf, who worked as maître d’hôtel of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City from 1893 to 1943. The book contains many recollections devoted to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and its founder, George C. Boldt, and his wife, Louise Kehrer Boldt.

Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateDec 12, 2018
ISBN9781789128550
Oscar of the Waldorf
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Karl Schriftgiesser

KARL SCHRIFTGIESSER (1903-1988) was an American journalist and author. Born on November 12, 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from the Roxbury Latin School and the Goddard Seminary in Barre, Vermont. He began his writing career in the early 1920’s as a feature writer for The Boston Transcript and in 1933 became an editorial writer for The Washington Post. He later joined The New York Post and eventually The New York Times, where he was acting drama editor during WWII. He became book editor of Newsweek in 1945. In 1953 he joined the public relations staff of the Committee for Economic Development, retiring in 1969. He was the author of a dozen books, including Families: From the Adamses to the Roosevelts, The Lobbyists and This Was Normalcy. He died in Ludlow, Vermont on August 19, 1988, aged 84. FRANCIS WELCH CROWNINSHIELD (1872-1947) was an American journalist and art and theatre critic. Born in Paris, France to American parents, he attended school in New York City. He was a member of the Dutch Treat Club from 1937-1947, serving as one of its Vice Presidents. In 1914 he was hired by his friend Condé Nast to become editor of the new Vanity Fair and helped turn the periodical into the preeminent literary voice of sophisticated American society, a position he held for 21 years. OSCAR TSCHIRKY (1866-1950) was a Swiss-American restaurateur. Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1883. Working first as a busboy in the Hoffman House, he participated in the rise of exclusive restaurants, despite never working as a chef himself. He became known as maître d’hôtel of Delmonico’s Restaurant and subsequently the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York. Widely known as “Oscar of the Waldorf,” he published a large cookbook and is credited with having created the Waldorf salad, developing the preparation of Eggs Benedict, and aiding in the popularization of the Thousand Island dressing.

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