Narsai Michael David was born in
South Bend, Indiana to
Assyrian parents Michael Khanno David and Shulamith Sayad. He was raised in
Turlock,
California and graduated from
Turlock High School. He attended the
University of California, Berkeley, studying math and pre-med. The restaurant was described by
The New York Times as having one of the finest wine cellars in the world. Narsai's Market was opened next door, from 1978 until 1985. On the shelves at Narsai's Market were many imported and gourmet products, several of which are still made exclusively for him using his own recipes and bearing his distinctive label. David owned one vineyard in the
Napa Valley,
Narsai David Estates, and produced his own
Cuvée and
Cabernet Sauvignon. In the 1980s until the 1990s, he had a food and cooking column in the
San Francisco Chronicle. ==References==