CARE AND FEEDING

Care and Feeding:  A Memoir
By Laurie Woolever
 
From strip clubs to Michelin-starred kitchens, Woolever’s journey is both a buffet of bad decisions and a testament to resilience. Her voice is both self-aware, and refreshingly unvarnished as she navigates motherhood, marriage, and the messy pursuit of meaning in a world that often values spectacle over substance.
 
Laurie Woolever’s Care and Feeding is a funny and emotionally resonant memoir that slices through the glamor of the food world to reveal its grit, chaos, and contradictions. Known for her work alongside Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain, Woolever doesn’t just recount her proximity to fame, she digs deep, offering a candid look at addiction, ambition, and identity in a culture reckoning with its own toxicity.
 
This isn’t just another culinary memoir, it’s a survival story, a workplace confessional, and a deeply personal reckoning with what it means to feed others while learning to nourish oneself.