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New York Times Bestseller
Winner 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…
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1 author picked I Regret Almost Everything as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An enjoyable, well written book by a successful man who, starting in his early 20s, built bustling restaurants in New York (the initial three – jointly with his first wife); he even directed two films. Then came his strokes that left him half-paralyzed… He tells his life story with self-deprecating irony and wisdom.
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