Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.

People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a chef needs to learn is how to handle a knife; the second is how to be around all that food.

As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

If you get hungry mid-day, a banana is the best snack at your desk, after a workout, or in between classes. Fruit is a very good snack in general.

Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable.

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how we eat.