Audiences love a great underdog story — especially when it’s true. On the Rocks, from Maria C. Palmer and co-author Ruthie Robbins, traces the remarkable rise (and eventual fall) of famed Pittsburgh-area restaurateur Joseph Costanzo, Jr., a deeply flawed but endearing man who built one of America’s hottest restaurants from the ground up before becoming the subject of a federal investigation. Within its first week of presales on Amazon.com, On the Rocks broke into the top 50 for White Collar Crime True Accounts and the top 100 for Culinary Biographies & Memoirs.
If you would like to see an advance reader copy of On the Rocks and/or need additional information for interview/review/article purposes, please reply to this email and provide the necessary contact information. More information can be found in the press release below. To hear a recent interview, visit https://www.audacy.com/podcast/kdka-radio-on-demand-e33f1/episodes/joseph-costanzo-jr-primadonna-restaurant-2d790.

