Kerry Diamond: Hi, Bombesquad. Welcome to Food for Thought, a radio Cherry Bombe mini series. We wanted to know what's on the mind of food folk across the country, so we went on tour to eat, drink, and talk with hundreds of you and recorded the whole thing live.
Today's stop brings us to Portland, Maine, where we recorded this episode of the very cool press hotel. I love Portland, Maine, but I also do love every city we've been to on this tour.
Thank you to Kerrygold for supporting our Food for Thought tour. Kerrygold is the Irish brand known for it's award winning butter and cheese made with milk from grass fed cows from family farms all over Ireland. We'll be hearing more about their amazing products later, so stay tuned. I remember meeting Jacqueline for the first time when she smuggled a pint of blue ice cream into a restaurant so she could have me taste what she was up to. Jacqueline Dole: In , I thought that I had my dream job. I was running the pastry program for one of Boston's best new restaurants.
I had just been named to Zagat's 30 under 30 list and I felt professionally satisfied. Still, I was struggling to even pay my bills with what I was earning. Later that year, I went through some deep personal traumas and without access to health insurance or even an HR department, I largely internalized a lot of issues.
The trauma affected everything. My attitude, my performance, my physical and mental health. It eventually led to my termination from what I thought was my dream job.
