George Lang (restaurateur)

George Lang ( born July 13, 1924 in Székesfehérvár, Hungary György German, † July 5, 2011 in New York City ) was a Hungarian- American restaurateur.

Life

György grew up with his German Jewish parents, the German and Ilona Schneider Simon Lang, on a modest prosperity in Székesfehérvár. As domes Sztojay had become prime minister in March 1944, Lang's family was imprisoned in a labor camp, where his parents later died in Auschwitz, while György managed to escape after six months. He disguised his identity and joined to camouflage the Arrow Cross to. When his identity was uncovered after three months, Budapest was liberated by Soviet troops and György accused as the Arrow Cross Party. After his acquittal he took his mother's maiden name and moved in 1946 with his cousin Evi in the United States.

He was a pioneer in advising Restaurants. In 1970 he founded the George Lang Corporation and acquired in 1975 in Manhattan, the Café des Artistes (2009 closed). In 1992 he bought and renovated along with Ronald S. Lauder, the famous Budapest restaurant Gundel.

• The Cuisine of Hungary. Penguin, 1971. ISBN 0-14-046934-6 ( translations into German, Hungarian and French )
• Lang's Compendium of Culinary Nonsense & Trivia. Random House, 1994. ISBN 0-517-11951- X
• George Lang 's Cuisine of Hungary. Wings, 1994. ISBN 0-517-11868-8
• Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen ( autobiography ) Knopf, 1998 ISBN. 978-0-679-45094-8
• The Café des Artistes cookbook. C.N. Potter New York 1984. ISBN 0-517-55307-4