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You Don't Have To Be A Famous Chef To Be A Food Star

By Margaret J. Krauss

Published March 27, 2019 at 12:17 PM EDT

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Carly Penn is a chef at UPMC’s Strabane Woods assisted living facility near Washington, Pennsylvania. “I'm a people pleaser," she says. "Food is my forte."";s:

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Carly Penn is a chef at UPMC’s Strabane Woods assisted living facility near Washington, Pennsylvania. “I'm a people pleaser," she says. "Food is my forte."";s:

Kevin C. Brown / 90.5 WESA

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Andrea Slozna, a school counselor and nursing mother, greets students at the Environmental Charter School in the Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh. She drops her two children at her parents' house before driving to work.

Margaret J. Krauss / 90.5 WESA

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Andrea Slozna, a school counselor and nursing mother, greets students at the Environmental Charter School in the Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh. She drops her two children at her parents' house before driving to work.

Margaret J. Krauss / 90.5 WESA

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Matthew Emerick, a third generation maple syrup producer in Somerset County, stands next to his evaporator as it boils down sap into syrup. When his great uncle started sugaring in the 1950s, “They started out with twelve hundred buckets,” he says.";s:

Kevin C. Brown / 90.5 WESA

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Matthew Emerick, a third generation maple syrup producer in Somerset County, stands next to his evaporator as it boils down sap into syrup. When his great uncle started sugaring in the 1950s, “They started out with twelve hundred buckets,” he says.";s:

Kevin C. Brown / 90.5 WESA

The production and distribution of food in the U.S. is a lot of work. The industry employed more than one in 10 Americans in 2017, the most recent year for which data were available. The statistical umbrella includes everyone from waiters and truck drivers to farmers and ranchers, but doesn’t count volunteers at food pantries and soup kitchens. Still Working wades into this diverse field, meeting a maple syrup producer in Somerset County, a nursing mother and school counselor in Pittsburgh, and a chef at an assisted living facility in Washington County.

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