Laurie Woolever Is Ready to Tell Her Story
After years of assisting Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain, Woolever has written a memoir that’s tricky to classify and ...
Anthony Bourdain’s former assistant shares heartbreaking final text with beloved boss
When the Enquirer and other publication reached out to say they would be publishing photos of Argento with the other man, ...
Strippers, groping and being made to eat and drink to excess : Mario Batali’s assistant reveals all
On her first day working as Mario Batali’s assistant in 1999, Laurie Woolever, then 25, got in a cab with the famous chef to ...
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Laurie Woolever
Working for Mario Batali meant being a wingman, a punching bag, and a voracious lush who rarely said “no.” ...
Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali’s assistant Laurie Woolever tells all, in a moving memoir of her own
She’ll talk about it all at Brookline Booksmith alongside restaurateur Tiffani Faison on Friday, March 21. We chatted about the book in advance of the event.
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Laurie Woolever, Bourdain’s Collaborator, to Visit Buffalo for Exclusive Author Chat
I am constantly amazed at not only the number of classes and workshops underway at Read It & Eat Bookshop, but the breadth of the programming. Read It & Eat ...
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2 Memoirs by Women of the Bad Boy Chef Era Leave a Bittersweet Taste
He lives in Brooklyn with his family. CARE AND FEEDING: A Memoir, by Laurie Woolever CELLAR RAT: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, by Hannah Selinger Our enjoyment of restaurants is matched ...
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Anthony Bourdain’s Assistant to Discuss Memoir at Words Bookstore March 20
Care and Feeding” is an account of Laurie Woolever’s time as an assistant to two towering figures in the food world - Mario ...