Auguste Escoffier

Context:

Speaker 4 mentions getting into 'the Escoffier, the old French cookbooks' when discussing the history of ketchup and how tomato ketchup was originally just one of many types of ketchups listed in classic French cooking references.

Context:

Referenced in the discussion about Teddy Roosevelt laying the cornerstone of Grace Reformed Church in 1903. The speaker mentions 'That was the year that Augustus Scofier published his magnum opus lagid q laniere' (the title appears to be mispronounced but refers to Le Guide Culinaire, Escoffier's famous culinary guide).