{"id":17312,"date":"2022-02-03T11:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/?p=17312"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:25:09","slug":"bhm-employee-spotlight-joe-gaddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/2022\/02\/03\/bhm-employee-spotlight-joe-gaddy\/","title":{"rendered":"BHM Employee Spotlight: Joe Gaddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Career: Cook at Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Q: What are some of your fondest memories of being in the kitchen?<\/b><br \/>\n<span>A: <\/span><i><span>\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span>Everyone would gather at my great grandmothers\u2019 house for Sunday dinners. I would watch her in the kitchen\u2026 this is where I really fell in love with cooking, where I mastered my 1st dish, jambalaya!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Q: <\/span><b>Was there any person(s) who inspired your love for cooking at a young age?<\/b><br \/>\n<span>A: <\/span><i><span>\u201cMy family did not have much. Dad grew herbs and vegetables to lower food costs. He would cook from that garden and I have fond memories of humble dishes, like stews\u2026 and traditional Jamaican dishes such as curried goat and stewed oxtails, although those were enjoyed rarely.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Q: <\/span><b>In a short phrase, how would you describe cooking for others?<\/b><br \/>\n<span>A: <\/span><i><span>\u201cI consider food to be art and love that I can create something that people enjoy\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica Career: Cook at Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C. Q: What are some of your fondest memories of being in the kitchen? A: \u201cEveryone would gather at my great grandmothers\u2019 house for Sunday dinners. I would watch her in the kitchen\u2026 this is where I really fell in love with cooking, where I [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":17314,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17315,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312\/revisions\/17315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}