NIGHT TABLE READING

MICHAEL GODDARD

MoTtre d', the Grill on the Alley, Beverly Hills

The Teammates, by David Halberstam (Hyperion). "Halberstam examines the 60year friendship of Boston Red Sox Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio, and Bobby Doerr, and the final road trip made by DiMaggio and Pesky to visit the dying Williams."

JULIAN NICCOLINI

Co-owner of Manhattan's Four Seasons restaurant

Who the Hell's in It:

Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdanovich (Ballantine).

"Bogdanovich's portrait of 25 of history's greatest film stars confirmed my suspicions that the world of film is not unlike that of restaurants and the people who run them. It's about showtime. When the location, personalities, and themes are right, they create an irresistible magic."

STEVE MILLINGTON

General manager, Michael's restaurant, N.Y.C.

Felicia's Journey, by William Trevor (Penguin). "It paints a haunting Faulkneresque scenario of a deviant serial killer. I kept wondering when the good killing would begin. That itch was never scratched, and only the poetic justice of the ending gave it a purpose."