Chef Patrick O’Connell has written a memoir about turning an old garage into The Inn at Little Washington, a world-famous restaurant. The publisher Celadon Books announced on Tuesday that it plans to release “Main, Middle & Gay” in September. O’Connell calls it a hard, freeing look back at his life. He says he waited to tell some stories until many people in them had died. O’Connell opened the restaurant in 1978. The title is a reference to streets where the restaurant and hotel is located in Washington, Virginia. O'Connell's honors include a James Beard lifetime award and a National Humanities Medal, for celebrating regional flavors and local farmers.
