Cook, Kursten, interviewee Holler, Jess Lamar Reece, interviewer Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor sound recording-nonmusical spoken word still image Sound recordings. Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020. Interviews. Oral histories. Personal narratives. ohu 2018 monographic 2018-05-24 eng

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1 sound recording (01:51:09) : digital, wav 14 photographs : digital, Camera Raw, color 1 manuscript : digital, pdf 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. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Recorded at City BBQ's back dinning porch, Gahanna, Ohio, May 24, 2018. Kitchen Workers in Central Ohio: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/020: 04366) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 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. n-us-oh 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 Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2017020.afc2017020_04366_sr01 (DLC) 2021655378 AFC 2017/020: 04366 2021655386 dacs DLC 220915 20250607115353.5 22790436 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng