04310nidaa22006857i 4500 22790436 20250607115353.5 cr n|a|||||||| 220915s2018 ohunnn t eng 22790436 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife masmit 2022-09-14 2021655386 DLC eng dacs DLC n-us-oh AFC 2017/020: 04366 Cook, Kursten, interviewee. Kursten Cook interview conducted by Jess Lamar Reece Holler, 2018-05-24. 2018-05-24 1 sound recording (01:51:09) : digital, wav 14 photographs : digital, Camera Raw, color 1 manuscript : digital, pdf spoken word spw rdacontent still image sti rdacontent audio s rdamedia computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded at City BBQ's back dinning porch, Gahanna, Ohio, May 24, 2018. In this interview, hourly/shift manager Kursten Cook details her childhood in Gahanna, Ohio. She talks about starting work for a local Columbus BBQ chain, City Barbeque and Catering, in its Gahanna's location as a high-schooler, and her almost ten-year career with the restaurant. The interviewee discusses her move from front-of-house to back-of-house work, including her discovery of the art of BBQ ("it's not just about the sauce"), and includes significant ethnographic descriptions of the layout and roles back-of-house work at City BBQ. She discusses carving/cutting the meat, prepping sides, and preparing dishes for the front counter. She also talks about workplace culture, wages, balancing work with being a mom to her two young kids, and opportunities/challenges for advancement in a large corporate restaurant chain like City BBQ, which now boasts locations in several states. She describes workplace culture at City BBQ, management styles and relations to managers, shift culture, leadership, employee morale, and negotiations or navigation of raises. Kitchen Workers in Central Ohio: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/020: 04366) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. Cook, Kursten Interviews. Employee morale. Hours of labor. Work and family. Work environment. Work-life balance. Working mothers. Restaurants. Food service employees Ohio Interviews. Restaurants Employees Interviews. Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft Holler, Jess Lamar Reece, interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. Gahanna (Ohio), event place. Kitchen Workers in Central Ohio: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 AFC 2017/020: 04366 (DLC) 2021655378 Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2017020_04366_sr01 afc2017020 Audio recording of interview with Kursten Cook. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2017020.afc2017020_04366_sr01 afc2017020_04366_ph afc2017020 Images associated with interview. afc2017020_04366_ms01 afc2017020 Interview log/index for interview with Kursten Cook. afc/agf afc/ofp afc/ofp/2017020