Laurie Woolever: The gluttony of life

UNSW Centre for Ideas by UNSW Centre for Ideas

Apr 22, 202660:25Arts

Since its 2025 publication, Laurie Woolever's Care and Feeding was an immediate New York Times bestseller, tracing her path from small-town childhood to working with two of the most powerful men in the food business, che...

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