To me, money is the ability to create lifelong experiences for my family and myself, to educate my children and a way to give back to humanity.

Set yourself up for success from the very beginning and then focus on maintaining that success.

Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We're creating a pilot program at my son's school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children.

To me, money is the ability to create lifelong experiences for my family and myself, to educate my children and a way to give back to humanity.

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

The type of cuisine I do, especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years, is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, but I think now I'm doing a lot of very different cuisines all the time.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.