Article: Raising the bar: the new Ritz sets the standard for hotel dining. Plus, well-bred German bread and a new chef for Epicurean Life. (Food & Wine).

most world-weary travelers will tell you that hotel food is hotel food, and the hotel restaurant is a place where you flop when you're too tired to explore a strange city. But the Ritz-Carlton restaurants have a mystique all their own.

Eating at the Ritz is all about context. You walk through the imposing doors and are greeted by an army of perfectly groomed staffers; suddenly, your expectations start rising like bread dough. You expect the food to be superb, the setting to be refined and the service superior. You look for candle light, crystal glasses, a wine list that weighs five pounds and a sommelier who can suggest a vintage while making you feel smarter ...

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