A Man & His Meatballs: The Hilarious but True Story of a Self-Taught Chef and Restaurateur

A hilariously funny cookbook–cum–how–I–did–it memoir by the chef/restaurateur who created New York's dazzling Ápizz restaurant.

At the age of thirty–seven, John LaFemina left a lucrative career as a jeweler to become a chef. Instead of going back to school, or getting on–the–job training, he did it the hard way: he bought the restaurant and then taught himself to cook.

Today he owns two of New York's great Italian restaurants–Ápizz and Peasant–and is one of the city's most–talked–about che...