Care and feeding: a memoir
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Published:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xi, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
18 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.

Description

"In this moving, hilarious, and insightful memoir, Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications, alternately bolstered and overshadowed by two of the most powerful men in the business. But there’s more to the story than the two bold-faced names on her resume: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. Behind the scenes, Laurie’s life is frequently chaotic, an often pleasurable buffet of bad decisions at which she frequently overstays her welcome. Acerbic and wryly self-deprecating, Laurie attempts to carve her own space as a woman in this world that is by turns toxic and intoxicating. Laurie seeks to try it all—from a seedy Atlantic City strip club to the Park Hyatt Tokyo, from a hippie vegetarian co-op to the legendary El Bulli—while balancing her consuming work with her sometimes ambivalent relationship to marriage and motherhood. As the food world careens toward an overdue reckoning and Laurie’s mentors face their own high-profile descents, she is confronted with the questions of where she belongs and how to hold on to the parts of her life’s work that she truly values: care and feeding"--

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Location
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Status
East Hampton New Adult Nonfiction
B Woolever
Due May 12, 2025
Location
Call Number
Status
Branford/Blackstone New Adult Biography
Biography L. WOOLEVER
Due May 23, 2025
Durham New Biography
B WOOLEVER
Due May 27, 2025
East Lyme Public New Non Fiction
B WOOLEVER, LAURIE (Woolever) (Care)
In Transit
Guilford Adult Quick Pick
BIOG WOOLEVER
Due May 24, 2025
Guilford New Adult Biography
BIOG WOOLEVER, LAURIE
Due May 22, 2025
Hamden/Miller New Adult Biography
B/WOOLEVER
Due May 27, 2025
Lyme Adult New Nonfiction
92 WOOLEVER
Due May 23, 2025
Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction - New
641.5092 WOOLEVER W
Due Apr 21, 2025
North Branford/Smith Adult Biography - New
New Biography WOOLEVER
In Transit
North Haven Adult New Nonfiction
641.5092 Woolever, Laurie
Due May 23, 2025
Norwich/Otis New Adult Biographies
BIO WOOLEVER
Due May 17, 2025
Old Lyme A Biography
BIO WOOLEVER
Due May 24, 2025
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction
NEW B WOOLEVER WOOLEVER
In Process
Orange/Case Adult Nonfiction Book
New 641.5092 Woolever
On Holdshelf
Wallingford NEW Adult Nonfiction
641.5092 WOOLEVER
Due May 17, 2025
West Haven Main New Adult Biographies
NEW B WOOLEVER [LAURIE]
In Transit
Woodbridge New Adult Biography
B WOOLEVER (LAURIE)
Due May 23, 2025

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ISBN:
9780063327603, 0063327600

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Description
"In this moving, hilarious, and insightful memoir, Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications, alternately bolstered and overshadowed by two of the most powerful men in the business. But there’s more to the story than the two bold-faced names on her resume: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. Behind the scenes, Laurie’s life is frequently chaotic, an often pleasurable buffet of bad decisions at which she frequently overstays her welcome. Acerbic and wryly self-deprecating, Laurie attempts to carve her own space as a woman in this world that is by turns toxic and intoxicating. Laurie seeks to try it all—from a seedy Atlantic City strip club to the Park Hyatt Tokyo, from a hippie vegetarian co-op to the legendary El Bulli—while balancing her consuming work with her sometimes ambivalent relationship to marriage and motherhood. As the food world careens toward an overdue reckoning and Laurie’s mentors face their own high-profile descents, she is confronted with the questions of where she belongs and how to hold on to the parts of her life’s work that she truly values: care and feeding"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Woolever, L. (2025). Care and feeding: a memoir. First edition. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Woolever, Laurie. 2025. Care and Feeding: A Memoir. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Woolever, Laurie, Care and Feeding: A Memoir. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Woolever, Laurie. Care and Feeding: A Memoir. First edition. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

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