David Chang on his memoir Eat a Peach

Melbourne Food & Wine

A memoir by Momofuku founder David Chang was never going to be tame. But even the expectations Chang has set with a career rich in subversion don’t entirely prepare the reader for Eat a Peach.

Food, restaurants and cooking are central to the story, but they’re intertwined with Chang’s depression, anxiety and impulses to self-destruction.

On the eve of Eat a Peach’s publication and in a year that marks the 10th anniversary of his first visit to Australia for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, David Chang joins MFWF creative director Pat Nourse for a conversation that’s as frank as it is free-ranging.

You can also watch the video recording of the conversation at mfwf.com.au

Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang, published by Square Peg (RRP $42.99), is out now.

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