{"id":762,"date":"2009-09-17T23:13:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T03:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=762"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:43","slug":"rick-picks-a-new-career-with-ricks-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/rick-picks-a-new-career-with-ricks-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick picks a new career with Rick's Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Me with Rick Field, TV guy turned pickle magnate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nRick Field, founder of New York pickle concern Rick’s Picks<\/a>, recently taught a dill pickle making class at farmers market in Prospect Park.
\nAs he waited for the brine to heat up in a kettle on a propane burner, Field talked about his unlikely transition from television producer to artisanal pickle maker.
\nAs the New York Press<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

Field wasn’t always a pickle guy. The 41-year-old is a 15-plus-year veteran of the television industry. He has jumped from producing such programming as VH1’s Top 100s<\/em> and Now<\/em> with Bill Moyers to a full-time gig in brining.
\n“I’ve been pickling since I was a kid with my folks in Vermont,” says Field. “I realized there was no reason why I couldn’t do it [in New York]. I had a stove. I had a pot.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BusinessWeek<\/a> went a little further with the story’s origins:<\/p>\n

… pickle making probably would have remained\u00a0 a blissful hobby had I not, on a whim, entered the Rosendale International Pickle Festival Contest in 2001. To my complete surprise, my Windy City Wasabeans took home the big blue ribbon for best in show. The Wasabeans won again in 2002. I was on to something. I discovered pickles were more than a hobby. They were my vocation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can hear Rick talking about that vocation, and see him give a tour of his pickling facility, on a CNBC video<\/a>. It’s only about 2 minutes so\u00a0 you don’t have to settle in with a jar of pickles to watch it.
\nBut if you’re me, you could. Since I helped make pickles, including chopping garlic, I get to pick up one of the jars from the demo. I think it’ll be ready this weekend. No news yet on Rick’s blog<\/a>, but maybe I’ll check in tomorrow.
\nWhat would it take for you to turn a hobby into your profession? Would that change the enjoyment you get from it? If you’ve already done it, any insights to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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