Care and Feeding: A Memoir – A Candid, Funny, and Devastating Story of the Food World and a Cultural Reckoning

This is a behind-the-scenes food-world memoir that doesn’t romanticize the industry one bit. The author writes from inside Mario Batali’s restaurant empire, and she’s honest about what “being adjacent to greatness” can do to you (not great long-term). If you like restaurant stories that feel real (like Kitchen Confidential), this is a juicy and unsettling book.