Laurie Woolever's 'Care and Feeding' is a multi-faceted memoir reflecting her experiences in New York's culinary scene, working closely with notable figures like Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. The book serves as a workplace memoir touching on themes of addiction and personal growth while also being fantastically humorous. Woolever's journey encapsulates the struggles of finding one's place in a complicated world. Throughout the process of writing this memoir, she confronted her past, her motivations, and ultimately the impetus needed to share her story after significant changes in her life and career.
I've always wanted to be a writer. This is a project that I've kind of been writing in my head for a long time. I wasn't sure if I should do a memoir or maybe some autofiction or just a straight novel or a series of essays.
My experiences in New York, in kitchens, with high-profile people, traveling, all of the experiences that I've had since I graduated college, they were very compelling to share.
I cleared the decks at the end of 2021 with the oral biography and World Travel, and felt like I'd got some momentum as an author.
While the book includes elements of my experiences working with famous chefs, it's not a culinary memoir, it's about navigating life in a mystifying world.
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