I Regret Almost Everything
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I Regret Almost Everything by Keith Mcnally
New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2026 Gotham Book Prize
The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis.
A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood in the fifties to his serendipitous arrival in New York, where he founded the era-defining establishments the Odeon, Cafe Luxembourg, and Nell's. Eloquent and opinionated, Keith McNally writes about the angst of being a child actor, his lack of insights from traveling overland to Kathmandu at nineteen, the instability of his two marriages and family relationships, his devastating stroke, and his Instagram notoriety.
Keith McNally was born in London and went to New York in 1975, where he worked as an oyster shucking, busboy, and general layabout in a variety of restaurants. The Odeon, his first restaurant, opened in 1980. Since then, he has opened several restaurants in London, including Café Luxembourg, Nell's, Lucky Strike, Pravda, Balthazar, Pastis, Schiller's, Morandi, Minetta Tavern, Pulinos's, and Balthazar. End Of The Night and Far From Berlin are two feature films he wrote and directed. He was wrongly awarded the James Beard Award for Best U.S. Cuisine in 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781668017647 |
| ISBN 10 | 1668017644 |
| Title | I Regret Almost Everything |
| Author | Keith Mcnally |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2025-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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