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It was one of 50 jobs the then new college graduate took on in 50 states out of frustration with the job market and curiosity about the world outside his native California.

He published 鈥�50 Jobs in 50 States,鈥� a book that chronicled his experiences that included working as a logger in Oregon, in a meat packing plant in Kansas, on a lobster boat in Maine, as a reverend in Las Vegas and as a coal miner in West Virginia.

That venture launched what has become arguably an obsession with the father of one, who now calls Oregon home. Since 2008, Seddiqui has crisscrossed the country 20 times, hitting all 50 states each time. His adventures have been covered by every major cable and network and national media including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

In his latest book, 鈥淧iecing Together America,鈥� Seddiqui went looking for American innovation and beauty, things that were specific to a city that he could learn to make himself and take home as a memory.

The idea came to him when he was looking around his Oregon home last February, not long after the birth of his daughter, and realized he had no real mementos from his journeys. But he wanted more than just a refrigerator magnet; he wanted to shine a spotlight on the true meaning of 鈥淢ade in America.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檝e done really impressive things in this country over the past 300 years, whether it鈥檚 the Erie Canal or the Hoover Dam,鈥� he said during a phone call a couple days after 鈥淧iecing Together America鈥� was released on May 11. 鈥淲e鈥檝e done significant things.鈥�

Seddiqui set off on his journey in spring 2021. 蜜柚直播 was one of his last stops in February and when he asked folks at Visit 蜜柚直播 for ideas, they told him that we do tamales.

That apparently was news to Seddiqui, who never realized in all the years that he had popped into 蜜柚直播 to visit family or work on his books that we had such a vibrant food scene.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know 蜜柚直播 had such an impressive food scene and I hadn鈥檛 really done anything food-related besides goetta, which is sold around Kentucky and Cincinnati,鈥� he said of the popular grain and meat patty that is often compared to scrapple.

Seddiqui reached out to El Charro Caf茅 downtown and got permission to work alongside a cook, who taught him the fine art of tamale making over several hours in February.

鈥淲e made a few different kinds of tamales including the hemp tamale and a dessert tamale,鈥� he said.

The experience is one of only three that involved food. In addition to learning to make goetta and tamales, he also learned to make the fancy latte art swirls that Seattle is known for.

鈥淎ctually, I didn鈥檛 learn. I failed,鈥� he confessed.

鈥淧iecing Together America鈥� is available through Amazon and other online retailers. Learn more about Seddiqui鈥檚 journeys on his website, appropriately called .