
25 March 2026
EP 241: Laurie Woolever on Addiction, Recovery - and Anthony Bourdain
Lean Out with Tara Henley
About
This week on the Lean Out podcast we are shifting our focus from the political to the personal. Our guest on the program has written a remarkable memoir about her time in the food world, her story of addiction and recovery — and what she learned from her years collaborating with the late Anthony Bourdain.
Laurie Woolever is an American writer and editor. Her latest book, a New York Times bestseller, is Care and Feeding: A Memoir.
You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com