Jesse Zigelstein

A talented but abrasive chef struggles mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the odds and save the business that forms the very core of his identity and self-conception.

A stalled novelist struggles through a painful divorce and with other vicissitudes of middle age while searching for sexual fulfillment, emotional consolation, and the elusive possibility of renewal.

A talented but abrasive chef struggles mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the odds and save the business that forms the very core of his identity and self-conception.

A talented but abrasive chef struggles mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the odds and save the business that forms the very core of his identity and self-conception.

A stalled novelist struggles through a painful divorce and with other vicissitudes of middle age while searching for sexual fulfillment, emotional consolation, and the elusive possibility of renewal.

A stalled novelist struggles through a painful divorce and with other vicissitudes of middle age while searching for sexual fulfillment, emotional consolation, and the elusive possibility of renewal.