Since Anthony Bourdain’s 2000 bestseller Kitchen Confidential, chef memoirs have become a publishing staple. But only recently has the life story of a restaurant owner become memoir-worthy.
Keith McNally, who opened the Odeon, Balthazar and Pastis, published his bestselling book, I Regret Almost Everything, in May. Now comes Drew Nieporent, the co-creator of Nobu, Tribeca Grill, Corton and Montrachet, all influential restaurants that changed New York City and helped make Tribeca the affluent, alluring neighbourhood it is today.
