Anthony Bourdain's longtime assistant Laurie Woolever worked from home long before the pandemic. Woolever was Bourdain's gatekeeper from 2009 until his death in 2018. Because the Parts Unknown host ...

Laurie Woolever, who served as Anthony Bourdain’s assistant for nearly a decade until his tragic passing in 2018, is offering an intimate look at their relationship in her upcoming memoir, "Care and ...

Five minutes before her Zoom interview with PEOPLE is scheduled to start, Laurie Woolever is logged on and ready to talk. Her boss, the late Anthony Bourdain, was notoriously punctual, and now “if I’m ...

Anthony Bourdain’s former assistant and cowriter is revealing the last text sent to her by the beloved chef, author and TV host hours before his 2018 suicide. The “Parts Unknown” host hanged himself ...

Laurie Woolever is a New York City-based writer and editor who authored the critically acclaimed bestseller Bourdain: The Definitive Oral History (2021). She served as the late Anthony Bourdain's ...

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 has turned out to be one of the more ...

In this profane, exhilarating autobiography, Woolever (World Travel)—a former cook and assistant to Anthony Bourdain—takes readers on a ride-along through her turbulent decades in the food industry.

When Anthony Bourdain wanted someone to help him work on a new cookbook, Laurie Woolever picked up a pen and pencil and wrote him a letter expressing her interest. Before she would come to be his ...

Laurie Woolever is thinking about her late friend Anthony Bourdain. At the time, the late chef had been filming his CNN series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, in France and Woolever recalled the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. During his life, Anthony Bourdain was a constant presence on television screens, known best for his "Parts Unknown" and "No Reservations" ...