tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918674200338298429.post2192505949560573546..comments2023-11-22T04:23:17.122-05:00Comments on Pinot and Prose: NYU Food Studies Program: getting my foot in the doorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02237921600705834870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918674200338298429.post-34079547425637317282009-09-04T11:01:05.576-04:002009-09-04T11:01:05.576-04:00Dez, it really wasn't for me. First, it was A ...Dez, it really wasn't for me. First, it was A LOT of work outside of class, as far as paper writing and reading goes. It would have been fabulous if I didn't have a full-time job and a family and a blog...you get the idea. I spent a good 10+ hours outside of class reading. And that was just one class. <br /><br />More importantly, though, I realized while in the class that I wanted something more practical and more hands-on. Talking theories and history and academia in a classroom wasn't for me. <br /><br />That said, I liked the staff and my professor, and the students were a driven, diverse, and interesting group. It was wonderful to be in a room with people as passionate about food as I am.<br /><br />Ultimately, though, I dropped the class I signed up for after several classes. I am now in the culinary arts program at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) - it's much more my style. Read an 800-page book on agriculture in America in the 1800s...or gut a fish? I'll gut a fish. But that's me...<br /><br />(I mentioned to my admissions contact at ICE that I had considered the NYU program and there was lots of scoffing - according to her, it's not the way to get a job in the food world...but of course she's <i>supposed</i> to say that. Grain of salt and all that...)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315165812901716381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918674200338298429.post-22391658933932707212009-09-04T09:29:42.229-04:002009-09-04T09:29:42.229-04:00I'm curious to hear about your experiences wit...I'm curious to hear about your experiences with the Food Studies program at NYU. I plan on applying for Spring 2010 but am not completely sold on the applicability of the degree to actual jobs.dez phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348943319117519183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918674200338298429.post-21798941713835613452008-04-29T16:12:00.000-04:002008-04-29T16:12:00.000-04:00I looked in the dictionary, and next to "determine...I looked in the dictionary, and next to "determined" is a picture of Laura.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com