[Opinion] ‘I’m Not Known for Subtlety in Flavors or Opinions’: Local Top Chef Names Names in New Tell-All Book

‘I’m Not Known for Subtlety in Flavors or Opinions’: Local Top Chef Names Names in New Tell-All Book

Chef Douglas Keane’s new book, “Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat” (Koehler Books, 2025) opens with three dedications. First to his hardworking hospitality family, then to his dog, Roxie, and finally to “all the people with food ‘allergies.’ Without you, I might have finished this book a few years ago. You annoy me.” You now know Douglas Keane. But his book — funny, heartbreaking and raw — lays the award-winning chef’s life open like…