Keith McNally

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Keith McNally was born in London and moved to New York City in 1975, where he worked in a series of restaurants as a busboy, oyster-shucker, waiter, maitre d’ and then as manager of a downtown restaurant called One Fifth.

In 1980, McNally (along with his brother and former wife Lynn Wagner-knecht) opened his first restaurant, The Odeon, followed by Café Luxembourg (1983), and Nell’s (1986). Keith built Lucky Strike on Grand Street in 1989: Pravda, a Russian caviar and vodka bar in 1996: Bakthazar restaurant and Balthazar bakery in New Jersey. In 1999, he opened Pastis, followed by Schiller’s Liquor Bar in 2003, and Morandi in 2007. All of his restaurants are still operating.

In addition to operating his restaurants, Keith wrote The Balthazar Cookbook (Clarkson Potter 2003), along with co-chefs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson.

Keith Currently lives in the West Village with his wife Alina and five children.

(http://www.balthazarny.com/)

Cookbooks by Keith McNally

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My Cookbook

The Balthazar Cookbook

by Keith McNally, Lee Hanson, Riad Nasr