Aside from the obvious chocolate cookies and ice cream, chocolate can be used in a variety of ways for desserts.
I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area.
You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits the food. You have to be passionate. You can't be angry cooking.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.
I think it's very expensive to not eat healthy. Eating healthy is the only affordable option we have left.
Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.
Oatmeal is a cheap and healthy breakfast.
While some people may think being a chef only entails making enticing dishes and pushing the culinary boundaries, being a part of the food industry involves much more.
Since truffle oil and caviar aren't always in the budget, learning to tweak and enhance just a few ingredients and flavor combinations can help you transform those ordinary ingredients into the extraordinary!
My father was a big influence - it was very important to him that we traveled, and he gave me my strong work ethic.
Casseroles don't have to be about canned ingredients and vegetables you normally wouldn't even think of eating alone, much less stuck in between layers of sauce and breadcrumbs. They can vary from everyone's favorite all-time casserole, macaroni and cheese, to the ultimate English casserole, Shepherd's Pie.
The Swedish Christmas is definitely unique, even throughout Scandinavia. Like Christmas everywhere, it's a very family-centered holiday.
As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.
The dialogue and conversation about food is everywhere - television, chat rooms, social media outlets and among everyday conversations.
I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish.
My father loved to take us on historical vacations, and you should have seen the stares we received in East Berlin.
Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.
I'm a firm believer that people find their own passions.
