If you could work anywhere for a day, what would you choose?6 Writers. 6 Jobs.6 Adventures
Erin Stiebel
Another day, another dinner to cook. So I decided to make pizza.
Rivka, my boss-for-the-day, greeted me with a huge smile and handed me my uniform — the coveted Jerusalem Pizza T-shirt and a blue apron — and introduced me to my new coworkers: Matt, Caleb, and Achilles. These poor men had been tasked with training me for the day and would be working with a novice pizza maker. Lucky for them, though, I regularly cook five different dinners each night because nobody will eat the same thing, so I’m a pro at multitasking in the kitchen.
Underestimating my skill set, Matt began to teach me how to fold pizza boxes. Baruch Hashem I was a quick study and soon graduated to removing yad soledes bo pizza pans from the oven with tongs. When the pizza made its way safely into the box, everyone breathed a loud sigh of relief.
Detroit is home to the greatest pizza in the world,* and Jerusalem Pizza is famous for its family-feel, where everyone is greeted by name and predicted pizza order. It also boasts an out-of-the-box menu with highlights like cholent pizza, BBQ chicken pizza, sephardic calzones, and veggie chili dogs. In this safe space I’ll admit that my kids prefer Jerusalem Pizza over my homemade version, so when offered the chance to spend a day working in a different industry, I jumped at the opportunity to up my pizza game.
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