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David chang eat a peach a memoir5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() He is clearly a deep thinker and a reader in a 20-minute phone conversation, he mentioned Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus” - he remembers reading it as a teenager at the library in Tysons Corner, Va., where he grew up - and T. However, for three years after he signed a book contract, Chang thought he was going to write about business strategy or philosophy. Full of humor and honesty, it provides nourishment and a sense of solidarity. His tale of finding his way in the restaurant world while struggling with bipolar disorder is the literary equivalent of slurping hot broth at a communal table. Since then, Chang has expanded his empire to include multiple eateries, a podcast, two Netflix shows - and now a memoir, “ Eat a Peach,” which rolled onto this week’s hardcover nonfiction list at No. Epicureans flocked there to feast on what was described in the Times as Americanized ramen, “served with a generous helping of impossibly tender braised pork, peas, bamboo shoots, a poached egg - a vast improvement on the traditional hard-boiled egg - and, of course, noodles.” FROM SOUP TO GUTS In 2004, the chef David Chang put himself on the culinary map when he opened his first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar, in Manhattan’s East Village. ![]()
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