My Family Skipped My “Pointless” Award—Then Watched It Live From a Restaurant TV

behind me. My team believed in what we were building with the unselfconscious conviction of people who treated my ideas as a brand with a future, not a cute hobby.

When Turner Kitchen the restaurant opened in Los Angeles, I arrived before dawn on the first morning and stood alone in the dining room. Warm wood tables. An open kitchen. Shelves lined with continue reading …