bulka wrote:

> Do any of you do this? Is it possible to make a living?
>
> I don't want the stress of a resaurant, but would like to paid for
> something I like doing anyway. Catering, chef's table. This personal
> thing seems like a fancy meals-on-wheels, but if could make it into a
> paycheck . . . How does that work?
>
> b

Don't know exactly, but I have some thoughts on the matter.

Right now I cook for family, friends and sometimes for the couple next
door who both have serious health issues. I enjoy it. They enjoy it.
The couple next door don't pay me anything, but they do hire my kids for
yard work and odd jobs and between that, and just taking care of
friends, and that two extra helpings of whatever doesn't amount to much,
I think it evens out.

And cooking for family and friends is a whole lot cheaper than going out
to eat.

If I were trying to do something like this professionally, I believe it
would involve insurance and health inspections. And deadlines. And
clients with an inflated sense of entitlement. And that would be enough
to take the fun out of it, and I'm not sure the money would be enough to
make up for the extra aggravation.