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I work at a bank, and I am a artist!

I work in Human Resources. But I'm in the nice side of HR -- benefits administration. :) I do food writing on the side, but it's not my main gig by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm a retired pre-school teacher. Now I read, garden, spoil my 11 grands, cook Sunday dinners for up to nine assorted kids, grands and their boy/girl friends. And I entertain friends at least once a week. The only bad thing about 'empty nest syndrome' is not having anyone to cook for all the time : (

I work in online advertising for a media company. And I have mysterious secondhand connections to S Eats!

I'm an Adult film star, specializing in threesomes with *little* people.

Little people are awesome -- you can stack them!

@FFC ~ Did you take your medication today?

lol :-)

Actually, it's about that time.

FFC - you are twisted - I think I love you!

I'm the food editor at a women's magazine (This one! Subscribe - you'll love it!), and my first cookbook is coming out next fall. (Yay!)

I work at a hospital.

@CookiePie ~ Our guy FFC is looking for love...........

I am also on medical leave from my job, unfortunately, but when I'm not, I'm a chef at a small restaurant. I've been there for 20 years (since I was 16...eeek!) and have worked both front and back of house. I miss it terribly and can't wait until I can go back.

I work in marketing research and am trying to save my money to go get a degree in food studies or something of the sort. I have only been in a 9-5 position for four months but it has already proven to me that i would much rather be doing something I am passionate about and of course that something is food.

i work in PR for an agency, in the emerging media dep't

I work at microsoft as a email migrations analyst. Basically I move email from one server to another.

@pirateking you keep losing the email Bill Gates keeps sending me about the swiss bank account he opened and filled for me ;-)
@FFC I have to agree with others you are twisted! and like all the others i love it! (now give me back my bacon bra) ;-)
@LoCo you are so right! the house alone is full time then add in the family and overtime is stacking up! congrats on finding your inner chef again!

I'm the Director of Product Development for an interactive marketing agency. While I actually love my job, it would be great if I could have more time in my kitchen!

I fantasize about retiring in the next few years and making babies and cookbooks.

I'm currently working as an assistant manager in a Mom and Pop New Orleans t-shirt store. Trying to expand my horizons (and my boyfriend's!) regarding food while I'm at work.

@Perk ~ I just scared my doggies, again! Screaming laughing I am!!!!

I'm a soldier, whch has given me many opportunities to eat strange and wonderful dishes. I am also the main cook at home(when I'm there) and love to have my buddies over to have a nice homecooked meal.

@nhfoodie ~ Thank you for your service to our country!

I'm Debbie and I am a 4th grade teacher in an inclusion class- we teach general ed and special ed kids.
Before that I was a full time mom and community volunteer and before that I worked in the food industry.

I've done interior design, catering (still do both occasionally) and now sell on eBay and do recipe editing for a cooking website. All from the comfort of my home and laptop, so I can keep an eye out for tasty, witty posts like this one!

Medical Biller
AR/AP Specialist
Cafe Owner
Barista
Caterer
Entering The Next Food Network Star, just for kicks
Specialties include bossing, obsessive compulsive behavior and generalized bitchitry.

I clerk at the DA's office and will graduate from law school this December.

I work from home; used to have a computer store, but found out that there's better money in not selling anything and just doing repairs. So that's what I do.

I'm also editor of a local monthly newspaper, and write for them as well.

And I'm a freelance writer with one permanent client and I pick up other stuff as I have time and interest.

So...either I'm so busy I'm running around like a lunatic, or I've got a lull in everything and I can play for a while in the middle of the week. And working from home, even when I'm busy, I still usually have time to babysit a loaf of bread or something else that just needs occasional attention.

Downside of working from home is that when I'm crazy busy, I might still be working at midnight.

I'm in the film industry... I actually stack the little people for the on screen talent in the porn industry. No but seriously... I just help stack them... I haven't received my head stacker certificate as of yet. I am a senior estimator for a GC. I live in Bama but work mostly in the Northeastern U.S. Born and raised in NH so to NHFOODIE I say thanks for your service, and shout back at me as I will be back in NH next week and we can swap good eat spots.

@Pavlov ~ I am not too bright. What is a GC?

@All ~ I need a new career. You guys are extraordinary. Well, everyone except, well, never mind.

@Pavlov ~ no salivating dogs???

sorry folks... GC= General Contractor

I do a good.... oooohhh..... 5-6 months of solid work every year. Aside from that I am working slowly on my culinary arts degree (which I will never use in the industry) I travel a lot, and cook even more.

@Perky & Pavlov ~ Thanks for that. ;-P I'll be okay as soon as my meds kick in! When I think estimator, I think collision repair. Guess that is because I just had one! A collision that is, not the estimator.

I'm a gynecologist....
Really, I am. This isn't another pornographic comment.

Chin up @izatryt... There are plenty of estimators to be had out there. Make sure your velveeta pushing hubby isn't around first!

@ Alm25 where in VT? I know a few nice restaurants i would highly advise visiting.

another occupational therapist here. pediatrics. also part time. the rest of the time i am a manual therapist and teach the alexander technique.

@peanut butter, i don't mind a bit that you are a gynecologist. given your screen name, i'm just exceedingly grateful that you didn't say you were a proctologist.

Finance (stock & bond). Cooking is the ultimate distraction - though everyone wants to know the next time I'm bringing food for the office. If things keep going like they have been in the day job I may have to fall back on the hobby.

33 years working in, managing, owning...and well, selling and managing again an automotive parts store. I'm also an ordained Roman Catholic Deacon, (thus the screen name) who would love to find the cajones to finally open up that little pizza DelCo in his little town.

I'm on a year's maternity leave right now (yup, Canadian), and supposed to be heading back to work in February.

I've been working in the picture framing for the past 12 years (framer, textile and conservation specialist, admin assistant, office manager and customer service trainer for a wholesale frame manufacturer), but am hoping to put my BFA in Creative Writing to use and try some freelancing so I can stay at home with my little boy.

Right now, I look for jobs. =P When I am employed, however, I'm a web geek.

I'm a full-time student pursuing my BA in English, and I work part-time in a coffee shop and bookstore(and maybe after tommorow, in a bar, too!). my non-foodie hobbies include playing and customizing guitars, knitting, writing and photography.

I write for a business. Sometimes I write about food, other days its tires, immigration law or sex aides.

I write all the content for the website of one of the world's most famous toy stores. Product descriptions, ecommerce trash etc. That's what you get with a degree in arts, journalism and film... I've also worked in a lotta restaurants

I'm a freelance food editor, mostly for cookbooks and websites. And I love it when Serious Eaters tear into poorly written and edited cookbooks. Seriously.

Volunteer exhibit planner at a small historic house museum...but hoping to be an *employed* history museum professional soon!

i do middays on a rock station in columbus. radio is all i've ever worked in since my freshman year of college, although i was a record exec for awhile too after graduation.

@FFC: LMAO...I just wish I didn't have such a vivid imagination...

@nhfoodie: I want to say thank you for all your hard work and service to our country. It's truly a wonderful thing that you do.

@Brooke: Hi sister!! :D

Currently I am a full time college student earning a Master's of Management Degree (only 10 months to go!!), a part time mom to my friends' daughter, and full time employee. I have been in the finance industry for ten years. I started as a teller and now I work on projects and assisting clients with their computer problems.

So, I am busy!!! Which is why I haven't been on here as much as I would like. Unfortunately, cooking falls into that category as well. :(

Next up-I want to become fluent in another language...

I work for a major financial institution managing projects for the credit card division. I also have a home-based fabric sales business on ebay and I'd much rather be home quilting and baking than doing my day job most days. But, quilting and baking don't pay the bills for now.

I have a degree in economics and became an accountant in the TV business. I've taken some boot camp training at the CIA in New Hyde Park and I'm very inspired by all of you and intrigued by everybody's different backgrounds. It's fantastic.

@Butrflygirly - hi sister, I've missed seeing you around! Btw, what language are you planning to become fluent in?:-)

@Brooke: I miss you and being here as well!! I've been so busy lately I don't know what day it is. :( I would like to become fluent in Spanish first (for business reasons) which shouldn't be hard since I have taken so much of it. But, I would also like to learn Italian. My mom's family is from Italy and I spoke broken Italian when little but that was the last time I spoke the language.

I am a legal secretary, mom of two beautiful kids, and someday I'd love to pursue my dream of going to culinary school and becoming a private chef.

I'm a navy sailor and learned everything I know about cooking from my mom, grandma and food tv! Also studying business part time.
I think feeding people is one of the greatest things there is - better than cooking even!

haha @ foodinmouth! Does that mean you cook?

I also sautee, braise, grill, and filet adorable fuzzy creatures as well!

I'm a senior in college and heading towards a career in international development / public health.

I get my bone on.

graduate student. MSW spring '09.

Gardener on private estates.

I used to make a good living in film and television postproduction. Now I sell produce for a meager wage, but on the upside I've lost the urge to kill.

I often daydream about opening my own little luncheonette.

fashion!

I practice law in the Midwest, but I would like to break into food writing and/or culinary instruction for a retirement career. I covet Jane and Michael Stern's job!

Medical student, which means my food choices alternate between grilled salmon and fresh produce (no test coming up), coffee, saltines, and canned E-Z cheese (pre-test), and copious alcohol consumption (post-test). I like the variety. Serious Eats satisfies me whichever food mood I am in.

If anyone cares, or is reading my comment.......

I am an antiques appraiser and have an antiques shop in New Jersey!
But love to cook and blog about it!

Paralegal with a secret desire to be a beekeeper.

Bunch of weirdos.

:-)

I'm a mid-level bureaucrat--in my spare time (when I'm not recipe/grocery browsing or testing), I'm working on an MBA.

I'm a stay-at-home mom to our 4 kids ages 6,5,3 and 2. I also take care of my 3 month old nephew 5 days a week. Other then that I'm a pop culture junkie. Any spare time I have is spent watching movies and tv with the hubby or talking about movies and tv. We also love to spend our weekends together in the kitchen trying new recipes that I gather throughout the week.

I currently work in a corporate law firm doing conflicts of interest checks and docketing (a fancy word for maintaining a scheduling database). It's boring, dull work but hopefully, next year I'll be attending culinary school and working part-time at a bakery...cross your fingers!

I'm finishing my PhD in Anthropology...because I thought being in Grade 25 would be fun...for some reason.

I do love it, and love that I work at home, so I can wander into the kitchen and slice garlic and prep dinner while my brain works through a thought.

Full time Paramedic, part time caterer/cooking instructor.

I'm on my year off before graduate school. Right now I'm working as a serious lab bitch.
After 5pm I am a baking machine and furry animal lover.

I'm a High School senior right now.
I guess that makes me one of the young kids in here, but... dammit. I love food, and this place satisfies my food-lust ;) Also I'm doing my parents a favor and cooking my own food using some SE recipes so I don't have to depend on take out/easy mac when they're not home

I'm a makeup artist in New York, and baker for my friend's birthdays, and the one who brings way too many dishes for the potlucks and gatherings :)

I manage a team of content editors for a customer service website.

I work at home for a small construction company: scheduling, billing, taxes. And I garden, take my granddaughters on the weekend, cook for fun, cook frozen "care packages" and breads for my brother who has health problems.

I am a page at NBC in Los Angeles, currently working on the Universal Lot. I hope to get a job at NBC because I ~*love*~ it there! I'm most interested in producing for television or music supervision/licensing for television. I have always loved food--one of my friends remembers that I was always more interested in asking her about what she had for dinner the previous night instead of what she actually did the previous night. I enjoy cooking but I adore baking.

I'm getting my PhD in cellular and molecular biology, aka I do cancer research. I spend a lot of time in the lab and when I'm not there, I'm cooking for my boyfriend who is also getting a degree in cancer research. I'd probably have my degree and the cure for cancer by now if I wasn't so distracted by all my food blogs. Sigh. Torn by my two loves.

Worked my way through college as a restaurant service supervisor, have a BA in Professional Writing and Secondary Education. Taught high school English, and got out before the little bastards could kill me. Worked for a major electrical corporation for 20 years writing and directing video training programs on electrical repair (Zzzzz). Also managed the marketing for the technical training dept. Had to leave for health issues, so I started a cookie-baking business out of my home. Too big of a commitment, so I now have joined the pedicure-getting, lunch-eating, wine-drinking SE contingency while feeding my ever-hungry teenager and husband.

i have an aa in liberal arts and am working on ba in international business, minor in spanish(hopefully). i have to admit, its very hard to concentrate on business school when cooking consumes every thought, but i'll live, only 5 semsters to go!!! then all of my thoughts will be consumed by food while im at work getting paid! i love this site, its makes me laugh, alot!!

@Josdean ~ We are most pleased to have you in our contingency!!

Due to medical issues I am a part of the shopping, manicure-getting, lunching crowd (not wine drinking due to the afore mentioned issues). I also spend alot of time at my various doctors offices and sleeping. When not doing those things I cook alot for Mr. Panda and the ever STARVING teenage Panda son!!!

Right now I'm not workin' and not lookin'. We'll be relocating soon to Atlanta and I plan to open an as yet undetermined food-related business there. (Which I promise will not be a sit-down restaurant.) We're gaining lots of contacts in the restaurant scene in Atlanta and I'm hoping this will assist me in my efforts.

I've worked in the past as an executive assistant and in professional kitchens. Even when I worked in offices, I always got my feelgoods in the foodie world by catering or baking for restaurants; not to mention throwing big parties for birthdays and other significant days. I also had a gourmet group which was nice because there were six other maniacs like me quelling the cooking jones.

I'm an IT professional, used to be a programmer, now project manager. But all I really do is think of food all day, plan dinner, and my blog. I live for the day I escape the industry and work in a kitchen!

Sssh... don't tell anyone ;)

I'm a Legal assistant in a Personal Injury law firm.. I'm always planning and thinking about food though.. I want to get into catering eventually... I miss working in the kitchen, but you probably won't see me working in a restaurant kitchen again anytime soon.

I write news blurbs for a web site a couple of days a week. I say I'm a freelancer, which allows me to think that I have a "real" job, when the bulk of my time is taken up with my two girls and hubby. I also cook for everyone in sight!

I have a day job working for an online food magainze and do this - www.gastrogirls.com - whenever i can - you know, between wishing i wasn't here and dreaming of food, fame and fortune.

heee!

I have been doing customer service for about 4 years in the cell phone industry. I work for the evil empire, see the death star logo on our phones.

Before that I was working in Radio and TV, as cameraman and board op. I am a life long media guy, doing photography, videography/film, running sound for the different churches I have belonged to. My degree is in photo journalism.

However I have only been cooking for about 4 years. I was lucky enough to marry an italian girl from NJ. (I'm from OK) She makes the best food of anybody I know, except for some reciepes I make. She is the cook here. I make special dishes, she does the everyday stuff and rocks at it.

Anyway I took up food as a hobby thinking if you're going to have a hobby this is a practical one. Unfortunately it has ruined so much food I used to eat. Amazing how blissfully ignorant you can be about the food you eat until you learn how to make good food.

To all those who blog here and read this and are current or former military, Thank you for your service. You understand better than many how expensive a dish freedom is to serve to our children. Thank You.

I'm the guy that pilots the blimp at large events !

In the past, I've always worked in either the entertainment industry (musician) or in Sales. I am now the happy owner of a small little catering company in Nashville. I only work smaller events because I want to keep it focused more on quality and fun. I don't want to turn my love of food into a chore!!

My wife and I are retired; we fly fish six months and hang out in Tucson for the other six. We take three mags; Saveur, Flyfishing, and The Economist. We cook mostly Indian/ Asian as we worked in Asian rainforests for 30 years.

On a medical benefit, voluntary work in the community and occasionally looking for paid employment... "boring" stuff compared to some of you guys! (@ you FastFoodCritic! ;-) )

I sizzle, chop and saute for 10 hours a day as head chef for one of Australias most well known celebrity chefs- Bill Granger, in his iconic Sydney restaurant Bills.

Freelance holistic therapist