Laurie Woolever

I think one thing that really was so powerful that I learned from Tony, and I saw it, he talked about it, I think other people experienced this too, was this openness to the idea that I don't know everything. And I probably can't ever know everything about a subject, about a person.

I think one thing that really was so powerful that I learned from Tony, and I saw it, he talked about it, I think other people experienced this too, was this openness to the idea that I don't know everything. And I probably can't ever know everything about a subject, about a person.

And he had this really incredible way of staying open-minded, of asking questions, of being willing to be proved wrong and even sort of enjoying being proved wrong if it meant that it would deepen his understanding of a subject or a person or a situation. So I try and remember that.

And he had this really incredible way of staying open-minded, of asking questions, of being willing to be proved wrong and even sort of enjoying being proved wrong if it meant that it would deepen his understanding of a subject or a person or a situation. So I try and remember that.

I try and move that way to not stay completely fixed in my judgment of a situation or a person, but to try and keep... Turning something over to understand all the angles of it. And then as far as his death and what I learned, you know, I got practice in managing grief in a way that I hoped I never would have to, but that is part of life is death.

I try and move that way to not stay completely fixed in my judgment of a situation or a person, but to try and keep... Turning something over to understand all the angles of it. And then as far as his death and what I learned, you know, I got practice in managing grief in a way that I hoped I never would have to, but that is part of life is death.

And also recognizing that much like he knew there was always more to learn, there's always more to learn about a person. And so when I spoke with people that knew him for the biography, I must have spoken to between 90 and 100 people. And I learned something new about him from every single one of those people.

And also recognizing that much like he knew there was always more to learn, there's always more to learn about a person. And so when I spoke with people that knew him for the biography, I must have spoken to between 90 and 100 people. And I learned something new about him from every single one of those people.

And I was quite sure when I started that I knew everything there was to know about this guy. And it was really... in some ways, a pleasure to be proven wrong, to know that whatever someone shows you or tells you, there's always more to a person going on under the surface.

And I was quite sure when I started that I knew everything there was to know about this guy. And it was really... in some ways, a pleasure to be proven wrong, to know that whatever someone shows you or tells you, there's always more to a person going on under the surface.

I had a good friend I was talking with about my career a few years ago and just sort of describing the different high and low points. And she said, gosh, you know, you really have made a career out of the care and feeding of difficult men.

I had a good friend I was talking with about my career a few years ago and just sort of describing the different high and low points. And she said, gosh, you know, you really have made a career out of the care and feeding of difficult men.

And I had never framed it in that way, but it made so much sense to me that even whether it was with Mario or Tony or working in various publications that were helmed by men or working as a private cook, there were challenging aspects of everyone's personalities or everyone's lives that I had to manage. And I think I've develop some skill in that area. So that's one explanation for the title.

And I had never framed it in that way, but it made so much sense to me that even whether it was with Mario or Tony or working in various publications that were helmed by men or working as a private cook, there were challenging aspects of everyone's personalities or everyone's lives that I had to manage. And I think I've develop some skill in that area. So that's one explanation for the title.

And then also there's a lot of cooking and feeding and self-nourishing or self-neglect and all of that that goes on throughout the book. At some point I get engaged, I get married, I have a baby, my marriage falls apart. And each step along the way, there's some aspect of trying to keep things together in part by keeping people well fed.

And then also there's a lot of cooking and feeding and self-nourishing or self-neglect and all of that that goes on throughout the book. At some point I get engaged, I get married, I have a baby, my marriage falls apart. And each step along the way, there's some aspect of trying to keep things together in part by keeping people well fed.

Yeah, I think this has got to be the final word for me on those jobs. I would not be where I am without either of those two huge presences, but I don't want the rest of my life to be just relitigating and retelling these stories. So moving forward, I really love collaborating with people and helping them tell their stories.

Yeah, I think this has got to be the final word for me on those jobs. I would not be where I am without either of those two huge presences, but I don't want the rest of my life to be just relitigating and retelling these stories. So moving forward, I really love collaborating with people and helping them tell their stories.

I would love to find someone that has an amazing story to tell and needs a writer to help them get it on the page. I am working on a cookbook collaboration with Chef Ryan Bartlow, who has a restaurant in New York called Ernesto's. And I do love that kind of work, too. So, you know, it's just I'd like to keep writing books and figure out a way to keep the rent paid.

I would love to find someone that has an amazing story to tell and needs a writer to help them get it on the page. I am working on a cookbook collaboration with Chef Ryan Bartlow, who has a restaurant in New York called Ernesto's. And I do love that kind of work, too. So, you know, it's just I'd like to keep writing books and figure out a way to keep the rent paid.