Name: Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
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Author: Laurie Woolever
ISBN: 9780062909107

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Laurie Woolever

Publisher

Ecco Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

442

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.0 x 16.4 x 4.2 cm

Weight

0.68 kg.

ISBN13

9780062909107

Synopsis "Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography "

New York Times bestseller 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 life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. His impact was outsized and his legacy has only grown since his death.Now, for the first time, we have been granted a look into Bourdain's life through the stories and recollections of his closest friends and colleagues. Laurie Woolever, Bourdain's longtime assistant and confidante, interviewed nearly a hundred of the people who shared Tony's orbit--from members of his kitchen crews to his writing, publishing, and television partners, to his daughter and his closest friends--in order to piece together a remarkably full, vivid, and nuanced vision of Tony's life and work. From his childhood and teenage days, to his early years in New York, through the genesis of his game-changing memoir Kitchen Confidential to his emergence as a writing and television personality, and in the words of friends and colleagues including Eric Ripert, José Andrés, Nigella Lawson, and W. Kamau Bell, as well as family members including his brother and his late mother, we see the many sides of Tony--his motivations, his ambivalence, his vulnerability, his blind spots, and his brilliance.Unparalleled in scope and deeply intimate in its execution, with a treasure trove of photos from Tony's life, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography is a testament to the life of a remarkable man in the words of the people who shared his world.

Laurie Woolever

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Laurie Woolever es una destacada escritora, editora y asistente culinaria estadounidense, reconocida principalmente por su estrecha colaboración profesional con el fallecido chef Anthony Bourdain durante casi una década (2009-2018). Comenzó su carrera tras estudiar cocina, trabajando como asistente personal y cocinera, antes de unirse al equipo de Mario Batali.

Woolever ha escrito para publicaciones de prestigio como The New York Times, GQ, Food & Wine y Saveur. Su trabajo más notorio fue coescribir el libro de cocina Appetites (2016) junto a Bourdain, y tras la muerte de este en 2018, curar y concluir el libro de viajes World Travel: An Irreverent Guide. Además, es autora de la aclamada biografía oral Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography (2021), una obra íntima basada en entrevistas con familiares, amigos y colaboradores del chef.

Con una sólida trayectoria en el mundo gastronómico y editorial, Woolever ha destacado por su capacidad para gestionar proyectos complejos y por su estilo narrativo directo. En 2025, anunció la publicación de sus propias memorias, Care and Feeding, donde narra su vida profesional y personal.

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