In an exclusive excerpt from 'Care and Feeding: A Memoir,' Woolever offers a look inside her relationship with Bourdain — and the weeks leading up to his death by suicide Five minutes before her Zoom ...

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 ...

In Care and Feeding, released on March 13, Woolever describes working in New York's restaurants in the 90s, being groped by ...

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On page 167, about halfway through Laurie Woolever’s memoir “Care and Feeding,” she’s describing the hours after her son Eli was born. A nurse helps her attempt breastfeeding, unsuccessfully, and ...

On a special episode (first released on April 2, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Women in the culinary world have long fought to be heard, respected and given full credit for their contributions. With a ...

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 go to a TV shoot. “Slide those thighs on over,” he told her. Woolever was ...

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 ...

Laurie Woolever, who will publish her memoir 'Care and Feeding' on March 11, worked for Bourdain for nine years CNN Anthony Bourdain's longtime assistant Laurie Woolever worked from home long before ...