About Every Restaurant Tells a Story – Tales of Film, Food, and Fabulous Misadventures by Dianne Reeves Angel
Every Restaurant Tells a Story follows Sally Trent, a young wanna-be baby mogul making her way through the glittering world of the 1980s international film industry. From the swan-filled gardens of the Hotel Bel-Air to London’s Lowndes Hotel, her life unfolds at the tables where deals are hinted at, friendships are sealed, and dreams come beautifully plated.
Each chapter centers on a memorable restaurant—places where glamour, appetite, and ambition collide. Along Sally’s journey appear a constellation of unforgettable characters: a stunning grifter engaged to a fake diamond heir, a colleague with surprising ties to the covert world of arms trading, and fellow dreamers who follow the scent of fame like perfume.
Told with wit, nostalgia, and an eye for the telling detail, Every Restaurant Tells a Story is about growing up, getting wise, and learning that even the most dazzling nights come with a check at the end.
(185 pages, 44,500 words)
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Author Bio:
Dianne Reeves Angel began her career in the entertainment industry as a Vice President of Project Development at Zeitman/Townsend Productions at Columbia Pictures. There, she co-wrote the screenplays James Barry and Berlin with Executive Producer Robert Townsend, and developed the television project Weekend Fathers for CBS. A born storyteller with a keen eye for character and atmosphere, she moved fluidly through the creative and executive sides of the film world during the glittering years of 1980s Hollywood.
In the early 1990s, Dianne shifted her talents to Silicon Valley, where she became a Human Resources executive guiding emerging technology companies through periods of rapid innovation and growth. Her ability to read people, build teams, and navigate pressure-cooker environments proved as essential in tech as it had been in film.
Dianne’s poetry has appeared in Moonshine Ink, often exploring themes of memory, resilience, and the delicate negotiations of being human. She now lives in Lake Tahoe, where she writes full-time and enjoys a rich life with her husband, Silicon Valley pioneer and CEO David Angel, and their two highly opinionated Tonkinese cats, Niko and Cato Fong—who supervise her work from atop whatever manuscript page she most needs at that moment.