A breathtaking novel, rare and moving, about the world's greatest chef and his unruly heart. White Truffles in Winter imagines the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), who changed how we eat through his legendary restaurants at the Savoy and the Ritz. A man of contradictions--kind yet imperious, food-obsessed yet rarely hungry--Escoffier was also torn between two women: the famous, beautiful, and reckless actress Sarah...