Don't use the information garnered too soon or too late. Too soon might do a number of things like give the plot away or make the character's actions seem foolish. Being too late may already have lost the reader if the information they need to understand what's going on comes after all the action is completed.
If you're writing about a career you know nothing about take the time to find someone involved in that career and talk to them. There are also other ways to find this material if you can't find a person nearby or have not found one who will answer your questions. Search the internet. When writing about a chef, I spent a lot of time watching the Food Channel and listening to what the chefs said.
As well as talking to food people I knew.
Remember the time period and keep the characters in sync with that time. I've done some books with ancient Egypt as the background and spent a lot of time looking at things such as food. There were no things like tomatoes and corn to name a few. Putting something that doesn't belong will turn your reader off and they will wonder how much you pay to attention.
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