tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439398.post-38067046354830855822008-06-08T09:03:00.000-07:002008-06-08T09:34:59.496-07:002008-06-08T09:34:59.496-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ynxUWqyDAU0/SEwG9Pb7cKI/AAAAAAAAAUc/bGkChgJe7Ys/s1600-h/IMG_3109.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ynxUWqyDAU0/SEwG9Pb7cKI/AAAAAAAAAUc/bGkChgJe7Ys/s400/IMG_3109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209546518146281634" /></a><br /><br /><br />though i'm not quite sure what my dream job is, i definitely look at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/ref/dining/severson-bio.html">kim severson's</a> from time to time and imagine how wonderful it must be. <br /><br />i had the great luck of meeting kim when i was just starting out as a cook.  i'd just graduated from school, was editing the daily cal for the summer, and thought what i wanted was to be a newspaper food writer.  she was working at the chronicle, and was very generous with her time and insight.  she offered me a lot of help, which i didn't take.  i sometimes wonder where i'd be now if i had gone down that path.  <div><br /></div><div>after she broke the trans-fat stories and entered the national spotlight, she moved to the ny times and now writes the kind of stories i look for first every tuesday night when i dorkily read the food section before i go to bed.  she writes about people first, and food second.  about culture and relationships to food, about history and tradition, and all with a sense of humor.  <br /><div><br /></div><div>i totes look up to her, and i recommend her stories to everyone.  check her out...</div><div><br /></div></div>saminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581019764819768286noreply@blogger.com