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Now What? With Carole Zimmer
A Conversation With Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever was chef Mario Batali’s assistant at a time when his hit restaurant Babbo was attracting celebrity diners vying for reservations. Then she spent almost a decade working for Anthony Bourdain. Woolever made haircut appointments for the TV host in New York and she found places in Singapore or Mumbai where Bourdain could practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when he was on the road filming his long-running TV show Parts Unknown. After the shocking phone call in 2018 letting her know that her boss had taken his own life, Woolever felt lost. In Woolever’s memoir Care and Feeding, she talks...
2025-08-05
45 min
The Go To Weekend
Exclusive - Laurie Woolever - Anthony Bourdain's Assistant On ; The Gnarliness Of New York's Restaurant Scene, What Made Him Such A Genius & Her Thrilling New Memoir!
It’s the Go-To Weekend season finale — and we’re going out with a bang. We kick things off, as always, with High, Low & Regret (and a little spicy industry gossip: Straker and Carrie? Victor Garvey’s surprise closure? Drake at Claridge’s?!). Then it’s onto the “slutty chef” internet sensation, TikTok’s royal wedding.Finally, a powerful interview with chef, author and Bourdain confidante Laurie Woolever. From the raw realities of 90s New York kitchens to her deep reflections on addiction, fame, and legacy, Laurie doesn’t hold back. Plus, her NYC black book picks, weekend go-to...
2025-07-22
1h 07
REACH - A Podcast for Executive Assistants
From the Kitchen to the Page with Laurie Woolever: From Supporting Culinary Icons Batali and Bourdain to NY Times best-selling Author
Bridging the worlds of food, writing, and the behind-the-scenes realities of celebrity chefs, today’s guest is a true powerhouse! Laurie Woolever is best known as the longtime assistant and trusted collaborator of the legendary Anthony Bourdain. But her story stretches far beyond that role, from working as a receptionist, a private chef to a UHNW health-conscious family, to graduating from culinary school and serving as assistant to Mario Batali at the height of his fame. Laurie’s career evolved into food media and writing, culminating in co-authoring several books with Bourdain. A three-time New York Times best...
2025-07-07
1h 15
Carbface
Show Us the Labubu
The one and only Helen Cho joins us to talk unboxing and Labubu.She said you can watch this one and this one and this one.This episode was edited by Alex Scott and brought to you by our Patreon friends (thank you).Follow Helen.Buy Laurie's NYT bestseller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-06-24
53 min
Love Life With Matthew Hussey
298: Dating After Divorce, Addiction, and Choosing the Right Love w/ Laurie Woolever
In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Matthew sits down with Laurie Woolever—author of Care and Feeding: A Memoir—to explore the journey of reclaiming one’s voice after years of living in the shadow of larger-than-life figures like Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. Topics covered: Why Laurie finally chose to write her memoir after decades in food media. What it's like to stop headlining other people’s lives and start showing up in your own. Her path through addiction, shame, and sobriety—and how it shaped her...
2025-05-28
1h 10
Love Life With Matthew Hussey
298: Dating After Divorce, Addiction, and Choosing the Right Love w/ Laurie Woolever
In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Matthew sits down with Laurie Woolever—author of Care and Feeding: A Memoir—to explore the journey of reclaiming one’s voice after years of living in the shadow of larger-than-life figures like Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. Topics covered: Why Laurie finally chose to write her memoir after decades in food media. What it's like to stop headlining other people’s lives and start showing up in your own. Her path through addiction, shame, and sobriety—and how it shaped her...
2025-05-28
1h 10
Carbface
Living in the Post-Knowledge of Two Girls One Cup
Buy Laurie's memoir, Care and FeedingEpisode Topics Covered:Laurie’s book tour adventures and bookstore visitsNew Jersey loving/hating, jughandles, and gastrointestinal vengeanceVomiting into a gift bag in a car"Two Girls One Cup" regret (we will not link this, thanks) and generational Google traumaToilet innovation: the slap chop for your assSerious Eats halal cart chicken and ricePraise for Kelly Fields' biscuitsInstagram memes and unsolicited DM boundariesDiscussion of Careless People and Facebook’s internal dysfunctionVery Important People improv show recommendationWhite Lotus commentary and Mike White historyLoaded nachos and the curse of second helpings (recipe is n...
2025-05-27
46 min
foXnoMad Podcast
Laurie Woolever Talks Her Life Behind The Scenes, Including Working For Anthony Bourdain
In her memoir, Care and Feeding, Laurie Woolever writes, "very few people are curious about the unknown women who prop up the work of important men." Laurie is an author, editor, and public speaker who also worked as Anthony Bourdain's assistant for nearly 10 years.Care and Feeding: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/care-and-feeding-laurie-woolever?variant=42922631856162Amazon: https://amzn.to/4kc54hlBarnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/care-and-feeding-laurie-woolever/1146006414World Travel: An Irreverent Guide: https://amzn.to/4mek4x2Laurie Woolever: https://lauriewoolever.com/...
2025-05-09
39 min
Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
Laurie Woolever- Dark Side of Celebrity Chefs
Former personal assistant to both Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali, Laurie Woolever, opens up about the untold truths behind celebrity kitchens, toxic food culture, addiction, and what ultimately drove Bourdain to suicide. From Mario Batali’s manipulative power plays to Bourdain’s romantic obsessions and lifelong depression, Woolever shares the unfiltered story behind her new memoir Care and Feeding. The conversation also explores alcoholism in fine dining, working through shame, and the ethics of telling personal stories—alongside hot takes on The Bear, Lucky Charms, and how Batali allegedly didn't pay staff. This is a must-watch for anyone fascinated by the...
2025-04-30
45 min
Tinfoil Swans
Laurie Woolever and the Cone of Silence
Laurie Woolever has worked for chefs you've definitely heard of, most notably Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. Those two men are notorious for their outsized appetites, but in her new memoir, "Care and Feeding," Woolever gets raw and real about her own insatiable need for drugs, alcohol, and extramarital affairs while navigating the grossness and glamour of the food world in their orbits. She joined the Tinfoil Swans podcast to talk about getting sober, managing complicated men, and the shock of needing spirituality. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans ...
2025-04-22
56 min
Canal Street Dreams
Laurie Woolever: Canal Street Dreams Ep. 1
In this episode of Canal Street Dreams, Eddie Huang sits down with Laurie Woolever for a candid conversation about power dynamics, navigating male-dominated spaces, and the lifelong process of self-understanding. Drawing from her book Care and Feeding, Laurie reflects on her personal journey through the media and food industries, the nuances of respect and boundaries, and how etiquette is ultimately about knowing yourself. Toward the end, the two reflect on the life and legacy of Anthony Bourdain, Laurie’s longtime collaborator and friend.
2025-04-18
54 min
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
Anthony Bourdain’s “Lieutenant”, Laurie Woolever
Anthony Bourdain was Josh's hero. Laurie Woolever was, as Bourdain called her, his "lieutenant". A writer and culinary graduate, Laurie had worked for another gigantic cooking celebrity, Mario Batali, before he was brought down for alleged sexual harrassment. She spent almost ten years as Bourdain's right-hand-gal. The two of them wrote two books together, one of which they were halfway through when Bourdain died by suicide in 2018. Laurie posthumously published "Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography". Josh asks Laurie about her life with Bourdain, his struggles, her addiction, his death, and whether his romanticism...
2025-04-10
1h 11
Effin B Radio
Episode 289: ‘Care and Feeding’ with Laurie Woolever
I sit down with my friend and celebrated author Laurie Woolever to discuss her brand new NYT Bestselling memoir ‘Care and Feeding’. Woolever is a longtime journalist and cookbook author who also worked as an assistant to Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain. We discuss what moved her to write such a compelling and page-turning memoir and get into the heartbreaking and electrifying complexity of her star-studded and chaotic career. If you haven’t read her memoir, I highly suggest you stop what you’re doing and remedy that immediately. Follow Laurie on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laur...
2025-04-02
46 min
effinbradio
Episode 289: ‘Care and Feeding’ with Laurie Woolever
I sit down with my friend and celebrated author Laurie Woolever to discuss her brand new NYT Bestselling memoir ‘Care and Feeding’. Woolever is a longtime journalist and cookbook author who also worked as an assistant to Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain. We discuss what moved her to write such a compelling and page-turning memoir and get into the heartbreaking and electrifying complexity of her star-studded and chaotic career. If you haven’t read her memoir, I highly suggest you stop what you’re doing and remedy that immediately. Follow Laurie on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laur...
2025-04-02
00 min
Free Library Podcast
Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir
The Author Events Series presents Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir REGISTER In Conversation with Reem Kassis 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 s...
2025-04-01
56 min
Weird Era
Episode 107: Weird Era feat. Laurie Woolever
About Laurie Woolever: Laurie Woolever is a writer and editor. She spent nearly a decade assisting Anthony Bourdain, with whom she coauthored the cookbook Appetites and World Travel. She’s written about food and travel for the New York Times, GQ, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Dissent, Roads & Kingdoms, and others, and has worked as an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography. About Care and Feeding: A candid, funny, and occasionally devastating memoir of a woman making he...
2025-03-28
46 min
Andrew Talks to Chefs
Laurie Woolever (author, Care and Feeding) on Life Lessons, Navigating Memoirs, and Reckoning with Bad Men
Come for the industry insidership, stay for the great writing and unvarnished personal honesty. Author Laurie Woolever's new memoir Care and Feeding will attract many readers because of its promise of tales from her days as assistant to Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain. And it delivers on that front, for sure. But Care and Feeding is also, and primarily, Laurie's story--the story of a writer finding her way in life, New York, City, and the food world, and amassing all the personal and professional adventures and relationships implied by all of that. In this conversation, Laurie discusses the...
2025-03-25
42 min
Free Library Podcast
Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir
The Author Events Series presents Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir REGISTER In Conversation with Reem Kassis 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 s...
2025-03-24
22 min
No Substitutes
Poor Man’s Shrimp w/ Laurie Woolever
Check out Laurie Woolever’s New Book: Care and Feeding https://www.harpercollins.com/products/care-and-feeding-laurie-woolever?variant=42922631856162On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by our dream guest Laurie Woolever! She talks about her new book: Care and Feeding, what it was like working for Mario Batalie and Anthony Bourdain, struggling with imposter syndrome, eating hotdogs for dinner, her favorite family recipe, some of her unpopular food opinions, the most important thing to her right now, and so much more!No Substitutes was created by Lumi Ray...
2025-03-18
54 min
Tell Me About Your Father
On the Care and Feeding of Anthony Bourdain with Laurie Woolever
Erin talks with Laurie Woolever, the author of the new memoir Care & Feeding, out this week from Ecco/HarperCollins. Laurie was Anthony Bourdain's assistant from 2009 until his death by suicide in 2018. She coauthored the cookbook Appetites and World Travel with him, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography. Care & Feeding is an extremely honest portrayal of Laurie's personal and professional coming of age as a high-functioning addict (to alcohol and excess) in the anything goes era of the food gods of NYC; her first job in the industry was as the assistant to the ma...
2025-03-13
52 min
Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith
Laurie Woolever: Care and Feeding, A Memoir
Laurie Woolever is back on the pod, four years since we last met her to talk about the last book she wrote with the late, great Anthony Bourdain. This time she’s telling her own story in Care and Feeding: A Memoir which paints a vivid picture of a bright, sensitive woman beset with anxiety trying to find her way into food writing in a world of celebrity chefs and toxic masculinity in turn of the century New York.Her work as a food writer for chef, Mario Batali and at Art Culinaire, the...
2025-03-13
30 min
Carbface
A Slob Knob for Laurie
Buy Laurie Woolever’s memoir, Care and Feeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-11
38 min
Ignite The Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook Now, Knowledge Hunters!
Care and Feeding by Laurie Woolever
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/6680to listen full audiobooks. Title: Care and Feeding Author: Laurie Woolever Narrator: Laurie Woolever Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins Release date: 03-11-25 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 153 ratings Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 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.
2025-03-11
12h 45
Indulge In: This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook For Knowledge Hunters.
Care and Feeding by Laurie Woolever
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/5782to listen full audiobooks. Title: Care and Feeding Author: Laurie Woolever Narrator: Laurie Woolever Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins Release date: 03-11-25 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 153 ratings Genres: Professionals & Academics Publisher's Summary: 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.
2025-03-11
12h 45
Radio Cherry Bombe
Author Laurie Woolever On The “Care And Feeding” Of Bourdain, Batali & Herself
Laurie Woolever is a writer and author of the highly anticipated memoir, “Care and Feeding,” which hits shelves tomorrow. Laurie’s book is a deeply personal and unflinching account of her time as an assistant to two towering figures in the food world—Mario Batali, the disgraced celebrity chef, and Anthony Bourdain, the beloved yet complex TV icon and writer. She also shares her own journey, reflecting on how she nearly lost herself in the relentless care and feeding of others.Laurie joins host Kerry Diamond and opens up about the challenges, hard truths, and personal reckoning that sha...
2025-03-10
50 min
The Sporkful
Working With Bourdain And Batali, Laurie Woolever Saw It All
Laurie Woolever is a food writer in New York, but she’s probably best known for two other jobs she’s held: an assistant to Mario Batali, and an assistant to and collaborator with Anthony Bourdain. Laurie was working with Bourdain when he took his own life in 2018. After his death, she published Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography. Now she’s telling her own story in a new memoir called Care and Feeding, in which she details her struggles with addiction, and explores how her desire to emulate her famous bosses fed her destructive behavior. As you’ll hear, in a lot...
2025-03-10
45 min
This Is TASTE
Batali, Bourdain, Booze, and One Incredible Memoir with Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever is a longtime journalist and has written a memoir for the ages. Care and Feeding covers her time working as a dutiful assistant for both Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain (let that sink in for a moment), and how her life was entangled in and around the Most Important People in Food for over two decades. It’s a wild ride, and Laurie covers her ups and downs with a strong voice and biting wit. In this episode, we hear all about her work, from booking flights to writing magazine features, and how her addiction to drugs an...
2025-03-10
1h 34
City Arts & Lectures
Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever is a writer, cook, and former right-hand woman to the late Anthony Bourdain. Woolever’s memoir “Care and Feeding” chronicles her journey through the food world as she navigated addiction, a cultural reckoning, and unexpected tragedy. The intensity of restaurant kitchens and the rock-and-roll lifestyle of celebrity chefs make the book a highly entertaining read, as do Woolever’s nuanced and tender reflections. On March 3, 2025, Laurie Woolever spoke with Courtney Martin.
2025-03-09
32 min
Special Sauce
Laurie Woolever on Bourdain, Batali, and Herself
Today on Special Sauce we welcome back writer and former assistant to both Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Laurie has just published ‘Care and Feeding’, a candid, funny, and often devastating memoir about her adventures and misadventures making her way through the food world while navigating addiction, motherhood, a cultural reckoning, and an...
2025-03-07
38 min
Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Laurie Woolever on Bourdain, Batali, and Herself
Today on Special Sauce we welcome back writer and former assistant to both Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Laurie has just published 'Care and Feeding', a candid, funny, and often devastating memoir about her adventures and misadventures making her way through the food world while navigating addiction, motherhood, a cultural reckoning, and an unexpected tragedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2025-03-07
38 min
Carbface
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Death Cult
Follow Akshay @akshaycooks.Buy Laurie’s memoir here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-07
51 min
Carbface
You May Not Make A Deposit
It's just Laurie, Chris, a sterile cup, and a bottle of AriZona Iced Tea. Pre-order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-06
1h 18
Carbface
Vegan Thruple
Caroline Choe joins us to talk about her new book, Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious, Shareable Sides.Follow Caroline on IG.Pre-order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding.Epsiode edited by Episode edited by A. Nathan Scott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-12-16
40 min
Carbface
Sneetches Get Steetches
Youngmi Mayer is a standup comedian and host of the podcast Hairy Butthole. Buy Youngmi's new book, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. Follow Youngmi on IG. Order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-11
50 min
Carbface
Dump Cakes
Richard Hart joins us to talk about the book he and Laurie created. We educate him on dump cakes and Pittsburgh potties.Order their book, Richard Hart Bread.Follow Richard on IG.Pre-order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding.Check out our Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-01
58 min
Carbface
F*CKBOY ECONOMY
Ivy Knight joins us to talk about her AGENT KNIGHT Instagram video series:https://www.instagram.com/p/C_c_R7zxomz/Follow her at ivyporkchopknight and Allez Céline.Pre-order Laurie's book.Episode edited by A. Nathan Scott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-10-18
1h 02
Carbface
We Don't Run Out of Biscuits
Amethyst Ganaway's website. Her IGHer cookbook announcement, From the Roota to the TootaPre-order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-18
1h 06
Carbface
Floor Omelet
Ben Harrison, friend to all, joins us to talk floor omelets.Listen to his podcasts, The Greatest Generation and Greatest Trek, on the MaxFun network.Pre-order Laurie's memoir, Care and Feeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-08
1h 05
Carbface
Wet Sandwich
Be thankful for Deb's Smitten Kitchen.Listen to The Recipe with Kenji and Deb.Read Laurie's latest work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-09
57 min
Carbface
Four Eyebrows
Eric Kim is our guest. Laurie had a dream. Chris had antibiotics.Follow Eric on IG. Find his work at NYT.com. Buy his book, Korean American. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-06-07
53 min
Flaming Hydra Round Table
Episode 0003: Episode 3: Chard Poopers, Anderson Cooper
Maria is joined by Emily Flake, Jonathan M. Katz, David Roth, Shirley Wang, Laurie Woolever, and Mark Yarm. Joe MacLeod pressed the RECORD button.Special Guests: David Roth, Emily Flake, Jonathan M. Katz, Laurie Woolever, Mark Yarm, and Shirley Wang.Support Flaming Hydra Round Table
2024-03-18
32 min
The Trip That Changed Me
Sri Lanka with Laurie Woolever: writing with Anthony Bourdain, traveling sober, and working with food
Welcome to Season 4 of The Trip That Changed Me! Our first guest of the new season is Laurie Woolever, writer, editor, public speaker, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Center) in New York, and former assistant to Anthony Bourdain, with whom she co-wrote several books. The most recent of those books, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, Laurie sadly had to complete alone following Bourdain’s death in 2018.In this episode, Laurie shares memories from Sri Lanka, where she joined Bourdain (or “Tony,” as she affectionately calls him) on a shoot for the TV sho...
2023-05-18
53 min
Carbface
Scrub Daddy with Seven-Layer Dip on Top
We review Ratatouille. Laurie goes international. Chris talks toilets.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-12-05
1h 12
Bitch Talk Podcast
Flashback Friday - Author Laurie Woolever of the book Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Send us a textWelcome to Flash Back Friday! With 700+ episodes in our archive, we're excited to revisit some of our favorites with y'all! Today we are flashing back to our conversation with author Laurie Woolever. Her book, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral History debuted in December of 2021 and just in the last week, it's come out in paperback. We had such a great conversation with Laurie and happy to re-share with you. Original episode description is below:This conversation was a real treat! For anyone who has ever listened to Bitch Talk, you know how...
2022-10-14
30 min
SongWriter
Laurie Woolever + Mike Ruffino
Author and former longtime “lieutenant” for Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, (@LaurieWoolever) tells an exclusive story about a day in Sri Lanka when she fears that she would get killed over a bucket of fried chicken and a bottle of whiskey. Composer and songwriter Mike Ruffino (@MRuffino), who also worked with Bourdain for more than a decade, performs a song he wrote using inspiration and actual audio recorded during the shoot in Sri Lanka. https://SongWriterPodcast.com/Laurie-Woolever-Mike-RuffinoTwitter.com/SnogWriterInstagram.com/SongWriterPodcastFacebook.com/SongWriterPodcast
2022-06-14
41 min
Carbface
Pittsburgh Potty
We are back reviewing Julia Child’s The French Chef: season 1, episode 4 (The French Omelette) and 5 (Scallops). Both aired in February 1963. Laurie discusses the basement toilet in her parents’ home, and Chris celebrates his Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cookbook.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-04-19
1h 25
Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Laurie Woolever Second Helping: On Bourdain & Her New Life
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed catches up with writer Laurie Woolever, author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography. Like many people during the pandemic she's turned to sourdough bread baking because she's writing a bread book with acclaimed British bread baker Richard Hart. She also offers some fresh perspective about grappling with Anthony Bourdain's tragic passing. Special Sauce Laurie Woolever | Site | Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2022-02-18
53 min
Hope Still Wins with Ben Higgins
33. Laurie Woolever: Hidden Complexities of Anthony Bourdain, Imposter Syndrome & Life with Addiction
Does hope win when someone you care about takes their own life? How do you begin to process and how do you move forward? In this episode of Hope Still Wins in the Unexpected, Ben sits down with writer and editor Laurie Woolever best known for her time as an assistant to the late TV host, author, and producer Anthony Bourdain. They discuss the complexities of Anthony’s life, how to help loved ones with an addictive personality, and what they believe is the best thing we can begin to do if someone we know is struggling....
2022-02-01
43 min
Radio Cherry Bombe
“Bourdain” Author Laurie Woolever, The Best of 2021
It’s our number one show of 2021—our interview with Laurie Woolever, author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, one of the year’s most anticipated books. Laurie joined host Kerry Diamond in July to talk about the book World Travel, a project they had started before his death that would share inside details on the places he had loved and visited over the years. As his longtime assistant (or lieutenant, as he called her) and his co-author, Laurie was enmeshed in the details of Anthony Bourdain’s life and work. When the beloved chef and journalist died in 2...
2021-12-30
1h 07
Bitch Talk Podcast
Laurie Woolever - Author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Send us a textThis conversation was a real treat! For anyone who has ever listened to Bitch Talk, you know how much we loved Anthony Bourdain. So you can imagine our excitement at getting the chance to speak with his co-author, assistant, and "lieutenant" for almost 10 years, Laurie Woolever. Her newest book, "Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography", is full of stories compiled by almost 100 of his closest friends, family, and co-workers. She shares with us the details of her first encounter with Tony, his obsession with tanning, some behind the scenes stories from their travels to...
2021-12-10
30 min
The Treatment
Laurie Woolever: ‘Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography’
This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes writer Laurie Woolever, whose new book is ‘Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography’ about the late writer and television host Anthony Bourdain. Woolever was Bourdain’s assistant and collaborator before he died in 2018. She is also the co-host of the podcast ‘Carbface for Radio.” Woolever tells The Treatment that Bourdain wasn’t always the brash, outgoing person people saw on television. She says he was both deeply cynical and yet romantic. And she says that as open as he was about his flaws and his addictions, there were parts of himself that he held back fr...
2021-12-07
30 min
Mike Safo
Mike Safo with Laurie Woolever
Joined today by podcaster, travel writer, author and former assistant of Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Laurie and I talk about her 2 new books: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide and of course, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Autobiography. We hear why she chose to write the book in an oral format, all of the interviews she conducted and how she actually put this project together. First, we hear about Laurie growing up, being Mario Batali’s assistant and how introduced her to Anthony Bourdain. We chat about Anthony living the lifestyle of a rock star, how he always dreamed of being an au...
2021-11-22
44 min
All in the Industry ®
Laurie Woolever; Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Laurie Woolever, writer and editor, and for nearly a decade, former lieutenant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain. Laurie has written for the New York Times, Vogue, GQ, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach (RIP), Saveur, Bloomberg, Dissent, Roads & Kingdoms, and others. She’s been a private cook, nanny, caterer, writer, busgirl, recipe tester, farm hand, public speaker, video store clerk, and an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator. Laurie has written several books, including Appetites: A Cookbook (Ecco, October 2016) and World Travel: An Irr...
2021-11-19
56 min
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Bourdain by Laurie Woolever
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/89655to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bourdain Author: Laurie Woolever Narrator: Laurie Woolever, full cast Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 11-11-21 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Culinary Publisher's Summary: When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. Now, for the first time, we have been granted a look into Bourdain’s life through the stories and re...
2021-11-11
11h 26
Lunch Therapy
Laurie Woolever's Greener Variation on an Extremely Controversial Stew
Laurie Woolever spent the past decade working as Anthony Bourdain's assistant. She's now the author of two books, one the NYT bestselling Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography and the other, co-written with Bourdain before his passing, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide. In today's session, Laurie opens up about her time working with Tony, explains how her voice is present in the biography without giving her own testimonial, and offers up her insight into what happened in his final days. We also zero in on Laurie herself: her journey from Cornell to culinary school to being a private chef to working...
2021-11-01
1h 02
Live Life in Motion
47. Laurie Woolever: Lieutenant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain
Laurie is a writer and editor, and for nearly a decade, worked as the lieutenant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain. Laurie Woolever: http://lauriewoolever.com/books Laurie has written for the New York Times, Vogue, GQ, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach (RIP), Saveur, Bloomberg, Dissent, Roads & Kingdoms, and others. “In 1996, I earned my bachelor’s degree at Cornell University, after which I moved to New York, dicked around for a few years, then completed the professional training program at the French Culinary Institute, where chef Pascal Béric gave the single best piece of advice I’ve ever receive...
2021-10-20
38 min
Line Cook Thoughts
Episode 146: A Conversation With Laurie Woolever About Anthony Bourdain
On this episode I chat with Laurie Woolever. Laurie Woolever is a writer and editor, and New York Times bestselling author who spent nearly a decade assisting Anthony Bourdain, with whom she coauthored Appetites: A Cookbook and New York Times #1 bestseller World Travel: An Irreverent Guide. She has written about food and travel for the New York Times, GQ, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Dissent, Roads & Kingdoms, and others, and has worked as an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator. Her most recent book New York Times bestseller Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, was published by Ecco in September 2021. In the episode we...
2021-10-14
1h 01
The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals
#181 - Laurie Woolever on BOURDAIN
Writer and editor Laurie Woolever chats with Trey Elling about BOURDAIN: THE DEFINITIVE ORAL BIOGRAPHY. Laurie spent nearly a decade working as Anthony Bourdain's assistant and co-author, before his suicide in 2018. BOURDAIN is a result of conversations with a multitude of important people in Tony's life as a child, aimless college student, lover, cook, addict, writer, tv personality, father, celebrity, and more.
2021-10-07
32 min
Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Laurie Woolever: Life alongside Anthony Bourdain
On this week’s episode of Special Sauce, Ed talks with writer Laurie Woolever, author of Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, plus Washington Post Food Reporter Emily Heil taste-tests plant-based “chicken” nuggets. Laurie Woolever | Site | Twitter Carbface podcast Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2021-10-01
1h 08
Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler
Laurie Woolever on Life as Anthony Bourdain’s Assistant—And Finding Her Groove as a Traveler
Laurie Woolever didn't step foot on a plane until she was more than halfway through college—but fast forward a decade and she was sitting in business class heading to Vietnam, Sri Lanka, alongside Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain's assistant, cookbook co-author, and frequent collaborator for more than 10 years, Laurie got to know the travel quirks, habits, and needs of one of the most beloved figures in travel—and learned how to make the most of every trip along the way. Now, with her latest book—Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, out this week in bookstores—she's sharing memories of the icon fro...
2021-09-29
29 min
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/537668to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography Author: Laurie Woolever Narrator: José Andrés, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Nigella Lawson, W. Kamau Bell, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best. When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his li...
2021-09-28
11h 28
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2021-09-28
11h 28
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2021-09-28
11h 28
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/537668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography Author: Laurie Woolever Narrator: José Andrés, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Nigella Lawson, W. Kamau Bell, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best. When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated hi...
2021-09-28
05 min
Meet My Inspiration
Anthony Bourdain’s Coauthor, Biographer & Personal Asst: Laurie Woolever, MMI #20
On this episode of Meet My Inspiration, I talk with Laurie Woolever. Laurie is a writer and editor, and for nearly a decade, worked as the personal assistant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain. Laurie’s latest book “Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography” is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best.You can find Laurie on Twitter & Instagram both @lauriewoolever. Her new book is available from September 28 and I highly recommend it to anyone that was a fan of Anthony Bourdain.---
2021-09-17
53 min
Carbface
Take Your Power Back
It’s time for Joyce Chen Cooks!It’s episode one of the series, Egg Foo Yung.Watch the episode here.Read more about Joyce Chen here and here and look at her stamp!Laurie wants you to know the pesticide she used on her son's head lice was Malthion.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-20
1h 21
Radio Cherry Bombe
Remembering Anthony Bourdain with Writer Laurie Woolever
Few people knew the world of Anthony Bourdain as well as writer Laurie Woolever. As his longtime assistant (or lieutenant, as he called her), Laurie was enmeshed in the details of his life and work. When the beloved chef and journalist died in 2018, Laurie lost a boss, a friend, and a trusted collaborator. As she grieved with the rest of the world, Laurie set about finishing a project she and Anthony had just barely kicked off, a book called "World Travel" that would share inside details on the places he had loved and visited over the years. Laurie joins host...
2021-07-12
1h 08
Book Public
Laurie Woolever Delivers Anthony Bourdain's Final Book, 'World Travel: An Irreverent Guide'
Anthony Bourdain was planning to write a new travel book with his assistant, Laurie Woolever, before he passed away in 2018. But Woolever made good on the implicit promise to make the book a reality.
2021-04-23
34 min
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430515to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Author: Laurie Woolever, Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Steve Albini, Vidya Balachander, Nari Kye, Claude Tayag, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Shep Gordon, Bill Buford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Travel Tips Publisher's Summary: A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than ne...
2021-04-20
12h 12
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430515to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Author: Laurie Woolever, Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Steve Albini, Vidya Balachander, Nari Kye, Claude Tayag, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Shep Gordon, Bill Buford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 94 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than ne...
2021-04-20
12h 12
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2021-04-20
05 min
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430515to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Author: Laurie Woolever, Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Steve Albini, Vidya Balachander, Nari Kye, Claude Tayag, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Shep Gordon, Bill Buford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 94 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than ne...
2021-04-20
12h 12
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/89559to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Travel Author: Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever Narrator: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Bill Buford, Claude Tayag, Nari Kye, Vidya Balachander, Steve Albini Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins Release date: 04-20-21 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 425 ratings Genres: Culinary Publisher's Summary: Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty an...
2021-04-20
12h 12
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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430515to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Author: Laurie Woolever, Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Steve Albini, Vidya Balachander, Nari Kye, Claude Tayag, Christopher Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Shep Gordon, Bill Buford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Travel Tips Publisher's Summary: A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than ne...
2021-04-20
12h 12
Carbface
'Gina Swoop
We’re back along with Laurie’s air conditioner. Recommendation: Lisa Donovan’s memoir, Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-30
35 min
Carbface
I Have Filled This Toilet with Shredded Carrots
It’s Laurie and Chris with their dreams.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-05-28
49 min
Carbface
Full Body Frown with Joseph Hernandez
Our lives are changed forever by Joseph’s hedgehog.Follow Joseph on Instagram and Twitter.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-05-14
50 min
Why Food?
Laurie Woolever
Join co-hosts Ethan and Vallery for a conversation with Laurie Woolever, food writer and editor. For nearly a decade, Laurie was the right-hand to author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain, with whom she co-authored the cookbook Appetites. She co-hosts a podcast, Carbface for Radio, with Chris Thornton, will publish World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, a book co-authored with Bourdain, in fall 2020, and is currently at work on an oral biography of his life.Why Food is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...
2020-04-23
55 min
Carbface
Thick White Parts
Laurie and Chris. Living their best whatevers in quarantine.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-04-21
41 min
Carbface
Crossover with Jessica Delisle and Alicia Tobin
The co-(g)hosts of the best podcast ever, RETAIL NIGHTMARES, are here! Alicia and Jessica join us through an intricate web of Zoom, phone, and tin cans to help make our dreams come true. Plus, we have the podcast world premiere of BONGO DANCE by Auto Syndicate (Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle!)Listen to RETAIL NIGHTMARES.Order Alicia’s book, SO YOU'RE A LITTLE SAD, SO WHAT? Nice Things to Say to Yourself on Bad Days and Other Essays.Listen and support Jessica’s band, ENERGY SLIME.Follow Alicia on Twit...
2020-04-07
59 min
Carbface
The Oven of Life
It’s Laurie and Chris. It’s the halting whisper of The Daily. Upstate New York. IGA. Super Valu vs. Super Value vs. Supr Value. The home of ham salad. An unknown self-quarantine. The murder basement. The NYT. Otterstan. Tiger King. Happy birthday, Laurie!Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-03-31
27 min
Carbface
Grimace's Butthole
It’s Laurie and Chris, homebound.Please forgive the audio quality. We’re using USB mics. We’re alive and mostly well for now.Alternate titles:GO FOCACCIA YOURSELFLUNAR FOOTWEARGALLOPING LESSONSI'M COOKING FOODREAL-TIME GARBANZO FINDERCHICKPEA AVAILABILITY INDEXRELEASE THE BUTTHOLE CUTWHAT ABOUT PROM BLAINE?THE HOTDOG IS A GAPERA HOTDOG DOWN A HOTDOG'S HALLWAYCHICKPEA PERSONAL MASSAGERA GAME OF DODGEBALL FOR MY JUNK...
2020-03-23
52 min
Carbface
Cokers and Poppy
It’s a mini-episode!It’s just Laurie and Chris, and that is a blessing to you and your life. Recorded before Christmas, this content is TIMELESS.Topics: Billy, chicken pox, clown mouth, Hustler magazines, and dog pregnancies. All this and what our favo(u)rite Food Network stars do on Jesus’ birthday.Sponsored by:Warby ParkerBarkboxStoryworthFollow AJ Spaceman on Twitter.Follow Melk the Band on Instagram.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter. Hosted on Aca...
2020-02-25
18 min
Carbface
Don't Die from the Vape
It's a mini-episode with Laurie and Chris (and a sexy robot voice). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-01-01
04 min
Carbface
Coupons Will Kill You
It’s Laurie and Chris, with a little Cliss.Topics: JT made HI-CHEW beer and sent chocolate and fig preserves! Chris’ nightstand. Mai sent us paper food! The fish market. Going to the hospital. Dogs and bikes. Mrs. Clark, Chris’ first grade teacher. Hives. Do not blink. A socka fulla blood. A coupon. Saba Jam! A high amount of soft. Do you ever find yourself mad? Summer vegetables. Rold Gold is not Red Gold. The tomato fields of Indiana. A mailed potato. David has a pet named Walter. From behind. Keep your dog on a leash. Hank is pup...
2019-09-30
38 min
Carbface
Performative Radish Rapture
It’s Laurie and Chris (no Cliss).Topics: Strong Mustard Content. A Rice Krispie Treat is a gift. Texts from family members. No Further Questions. None Pizza Left Beef. Jeremy Renner. Other people’s shoes. Dump and stir. Lemon Bullshit Cake recipe. Friends of the podcast. My love and your ignorance. What Was This Food Network Episode All About? Walgreens cookout.Episode Sponsors:BarkBox: http://getbarkbox.com/carbfaceWarby Parker: http://warbyparkertrial.com/carbface Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
2019-08-21
32 min
Carbface
Natural Release
It’s just Laurie and Chris this week. Topics: Robot voice. Writing. Cliss’ brother. Beyond Goatse. Gilbert. A finger. Cat steam. Straws. Rat piss. Lots of Likes, Miami edition. JCP. Black and white cookies. Mashups. Todd Bridges. Patty Lupone. A Full Dinty house.We recorded remotely (using a podcasting service we will never use again), and the sound quality isn’t great. We promise future remote eps will have better sound quality.We love you and only want the best for you.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter.Our PO Box:Car...
2019-07-18
46 min
Carbface
No Further Questions with The Lee Bros
The fantastic Matt and Ted Lee are here to talk about their new book, Hotbox.Topics: Ball of goo. Bucket of kimchi. Alison Roman. These are things that happened. They’re real big. No further questions. Chef cruise. @Crust Magazine @anannadroid @hooleil @john_birdsall @korshawilson. Summer camp storytelling challenge. Laurie’s mom. Fiddlehead ferns. @restofesto @ruckerfoad (JT). The Summit Y. Roasted vegetables. Matt and Ted Lee. I will find you.Assignment: Call in your worst summer camp experiences to the Carbface Voicemail Hotline (+1.646.397.3357) or email them to carbfacepod@gmail.com.Follow The Lee Bros...
2019-06-19
1h 26
Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind
Laurie Woolever
Mat Schuster talks with food writer, cookbook author and Carbface podcast host Laurie Woolever. Most recently, Laurie was co-produer and assistant to Anthony Bourdain (rest in peace). In this episode, we discuss the perfect blueberry tart, the pitfalls of all-you-can-eat buffets and working with Mario Batali. Laurie also shares some fond memories and lessons learned from Anthony Bourdain. We thank her for sharing these stories with us. Check us out socially @culinarymindcast or www.canelasf.com/podcast for more info.
2019-06-14
00 min
Communal Table
Laurie Woolever Talks About Life After Anthony Bourdain, Embracing Sobriety, and the Value of Naps
For nine years, Laurie Woolever kept Anthony Bourdain on schedule, co-authored their book, and generally structured her life around his needs. On June 8, 2018, everything changed. In a raw, candid conversation, Woolever talks about life in the aftermath of his suicide, his cultural impact, her own journey to sobriety, and what a good self-care day looks like. http://www.lauriewoolever.com Twitter: @LaurieWoolever, @bourdain gatekeeper emeritus Podcast: @carbfacepod Appetites Cookbook: https://amzn.to/2JX8580 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-06-06
1h 24
Carbface
Kai Horn with Yasmin Khan
Yasmin Khan is here with her beautiful new book, Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian KitchenTopics: Happy Cherry. The Greatest City in the World. Malfunctions. Introductions. Kai Ryssdal. Air horn. Durian. All the podcasts. Retail Nightmares is the best podcast. Happy birthday, Laurie. I would not bake for you. The sex lives of public radio hosts. Legacies. KRF. Terry Gross. Ari Shapiro. Nina Totenberg. Don’t look in my eyes. London. France. I see a dead chicken’s head. Mega Fauna. Speedways. OMG so much candy and seasoning and mustard from Marisa Miller! What’s the wo...
2019-04-25
1h 15
This Is TASTE
Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever is a fresh and highly original voice in the food writing game. She’s a journalist—having worked as an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator—and was Anthony Bourdain’s longtime assistant. On this episode we talk to Woolever about the two Bourdain book projects she is busy working on and a story she wrote for TASTE about cooking the whole damn heart. She also talks about Carbface, the podcast she does with Chris Thornton (aka Shit Food Blogger). And finally, we get her take on a variety of random topics that only Laurie can respond to. Pi...
2019-01-15
54 min
Carbface
Pocket Chicken Chew with HI-CHEW
Some wonderful, magical people from HI-CHEW are our guests! We are joined by Kayleigh Westerfield, HI-CHEW Brand Marketing Manager, and Jennifer Moling, HI-CHEW Product Marketing Manager. Topics: Hello. Samin Nosrat. Be our intern. Sitcom resurrection. Save $60. What’s on the list? Elbow macaroni. December 1. As a mom. Lin-Manuel Miranda is great in everything. Loosies. Dentists. Ina. Fancy people’s cereal. Boulder, Colorado. Artistic sweaters. I didn’t know until after we were married. Handwritten notes. Help me. Out of meat. The Cajuns of Colorado. Terre Haute. Essays. Memories. HI-CHEW!Follow HI-CHEW on Instagram and Tw...
2018-11-16
49 min
Carbface
Ambient Fat with Doug Quint of Big Gay Ice Cream
Doug Quint of Big Gay Ice Cream joins us, and we've never been happier.Topics: AJ, Space Boy. Retail Nightmares. Finnish discounts. Cheese. Saxophones. Ham Salad. Generous with the Chicken. A lot of appetizers. Andrew Zimmern. Meat, meat, meat. Illinois. Velcro mittens. Phone throwing. Bryan Petroff. Big Gay Ice Cream Cookbook. Pints. Crying in the ice cream aisle. Tuna sandwiches. Astronauts. Lactaid. Kat Kinsman. Petting unicorns. Pie crust integrity. Thin coating of fat. Propofol. My time. Burritos. Michael Solomonov. Lamb fat. Regan Stephens. Traci Lords. Edie and The Eggs. David Harbour. Tape worms. Monkey. Laurie tries Hi-Chews...
2018-06-19
1h 13
Carbface
Three Days Later, Dealing with Anthony Bourdain's Death
Laurie and Chris discuss the death of Laurie's boss and collaborator and this podcast's executive producer, Anthony Bourdain. This episode discusses suicide and death and deals with loss in a humorous way. If you’re not in an emotionally stable place to listen, please do not.Recorded three days after his death, there's no music and no guest. Just two people eating a lot of Hi-Chews and trying very hard to find a reason to laugh.Read Helen Rosner’s essay about Bourdain (The New Yorker).How to get help: In t...
2018-06-14
27 min
Carbface
Dance Belt & A Tube Of Chapstick with Helen Rosner & Anthony Bourdain
Topics: Blintzes. Mustard. Dairy Queen Blizzards. Friendships. Matthew McConaughey. A double order of shrimp. And Unfuck My Life, Anthony Bourdain.Hosts: Laurie Woolever and Chris ThorntonGuests: Anthony Bourdain, our executive producer, and Helen Rosner, food correspondent for The New Yorker.Follow us @carbfacepod on Twitter and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-03-14
1h 02
Carbface
Anthony Bourdain and Jen Agg
Our executive producer (and Laurie's boss) Anthony Bourdain stops by so Chris can demand an apology for getting attacked by monkeys. Later, Jen Agg talks about owning The Black Hoof, Grey Gardens, Rhum Corner, and Cocktail Bar in Toronto and Agrikol in Montreal, and her book, I Hear She's a Real Bitch, along with d*ck pics, vegan buttholes and ketchup chips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-02-16
1h 27
Carbface
Preview Episode
Laurie and Chris discuss Halloween candy and pig bladders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-01-01
30 min
Tech Bites
Episode 77: APPETITES: A COOKBOOK BY ANTHONY BOURDAIN WITH LAURIE WOOLEVER
Laurie Woolever returns to Tech Bites to talk about Appetites: A Cookbook, she co-authored with Anthony Bourdain. A lot has changed in the publishing world with digital tech, since her first book project with the traveling chef in 2004, Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook. In addition to working under the catch-all-title of Anthony “gatekeeper,” Laurie is a freelance writer and editor. She has written for the New York Times, Lucky Peach, Saveur, GQ, Food & Wine, Wine Spectator, Los Angeles Times and more. Hungry for more? Listen to Tech Bites Episode 49 Print v Digital with Laurie Woolever and Melissa Clark of the...
2016-10-27
51 min
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Laurie Woolever and Ashley Christensen
Laurie Woolever is a freelance writer and editor, and works for Anthony Bourdain under the catch-all title of "gatekeeper." She has written for the New York Times, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, GQ, Wine Spectator, Los Angeles Times, and more. She previously worked as an editor at Wine Spectator and Art Culinaire. Woolever co-authored the new cookbook Appetites with Anthony Bourdain, and previously collaborated with him on Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute (now known as the International Culinary Center) and Cornell University. She lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, with her...
2016-10-13
48 min