What do you do for a living?

[JAYBIRD1011]

Haha! We all love food down here. Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to have a life that doesn’t revolve around food.

Wouldn’t be a life worth living without great food!
And New Orleans cooking has such an interesting mix of flavors. Some of the best food I’ve ever had came from a little shack by the water. I seriously considered not going in when I saw it. But it was clean on the inside and the food was insanely delicious!!

 

[Backfromthedead]

Typically just a “lurker”, but this post is pretty interesting. I run a family owned restaurant out of New Orleans, La. At the same time I operate a health conscious meal prep company geared towards athletes and sold out of local gyms.

Nice. Could you say which restaurant? My sister lives in nola and i stuff my face every time i visit on all the outstanding food. Just got back from my second mardi gras a couple weeks ago actually.

 

[JAYBIRD1011]

I’m a professional driver, currently driving for FedEx Home Delivery. Before this drove long haul.

 

[Niki_up]

Haha! We all love food down here. Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to have a life that doesn’t revolve around food.

Pretty boring I would assume!!!

Food brings people together, it’s fun, and oh so good!!! I honestly feel bad for some people who put them selves on restricted diets (unless for health reasons)

Variety and portion control!!!

 

[LBDave]

Good people. Good conversation. Good food.

 

[D_Abadie]

Wouldn’t be a life worth living without great food!
And New Orleans cooking has such an interesting mix of flavors. Some of the best food I’ve ever had came from a little shack by the water. I seriously considered not going in when I saw it. But it was clean on the inside and the food was insanely delicious!!

You’re right. Everybody has good food, so you really have to be on top of your game to stand out in such a competitive market. Even the small “mom and pops” surprise most people.

 

[LBDave]

Forensic lab tech. I stayed in school and my job bores one to insanity. ...or maybe i was insane before i started... Meh. Its a toss up. They say do what you love and it'll never feel like work. Is there a way I can get paid to hang out with my dog all day and mess with fish?

It's called retirement....

 

[D_Abadie]

Nice. Could you say which restaurant? My sister lives in nola and i stuff my face every time i visit on all the outstanding food. Just got back from my second mardi gras a couple weeks ago actually.

Sure, its about 10 minutes outside of Nola, on the west bank, called Brothers Cafe. Thats awesome you got to come do Mardi Gras, hopefully you didn’t get into too much trouble.

 

[islandguy11]

Many cool posts here. I should say that Selling food is my third career. Went to college for Soviet studies and actually did a semester in the good old USSR....

That's really interesting, when were you there and where? I spent a month and half in the Soviet Union (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yerevan and Tbilisi) in winter of 1988, as part of a 'peace and learning' delegation from my SoCal university. MIght have been around the same time you were there, as the wall came down I think about the next year or so. It was a pretty incredible experience. But a whole semester that's awesome (though I bet you were missing American food even more than I was, it was a happy day to have some McDonald's during a stop-over in Paris on the way back!).

 

[Chefken]

That's really interesting, when were you there and where? I spent a month and half in the Soviet Union (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yerevan and Tbilisi) in winter of 1988, as part of a 'peace and learning' delegation from my SoCal university. MIght have been around the same time you were there, as the wall came down I think about the next year or so. It was a pretty incredible experience. But a whole semester that's awesome (though I bet you were missing American food even more than I was, it was a happy day to have some McDonald's during a stop-over in Paris on the way back!).

I was there in summer of 1989 or 90 with American Institute of foreign Studies. i stayed in a dorm In Leningrad Polytechnic in the outskirts of what was then leningrad. I have some crazy stories. Country was so corrupt anything was possible. You could fly accross the country for 2 dollars once you bribed your way on the plane. government subsidized everthing. A loaf of bread was 1/16 or a penny once you converted dollars on black market. Amazing I survived. After our program the country collapsed, walls came down and they cancelled all programs for years. We had some extraordinary meals in USSR thru the connections we made with mafia types that took good care of us during our stay. I did eat mcDonalds in Moscow while there.....long lines. We just bribed some locals and got the food in minutes!!