While I hold my own views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues

In Ethiopia, where I was born, all the cooks are women. When I grew up in Sweden, my mom and my grandmother did predominantly all the cooking. Then I changed to restaurant kitchens, where all of a sudden there were just more men than women, and I always thought that was weird.

Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout.

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.

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 might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.

Larousse Gastronomique has always been the first and last word on classic European techniques and recipes. I love that it has expanded its reach to cover world cuisines and modern culinary innovations, making it more indispensable than ever.