anyalasagne 's review for:

Care and Feeding by Laurie Woolever

2.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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A decent memoir, though a lot of the toxicity of the restaurant industry has already been well-documented. Laurie’s personal struggles were not particularly unique - low self esteem, drinking, listless marriage, and body image - but I found myself sympathetic. Frustrating to read her write about how restricted eating solved her weight problems- without interrogating that “solution” very much. Not one I would return to. I’ve read enough about Mario batali and Anthony bourdain in other media.