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I studied cooking all through high school.

Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life.

I was a foodie and I continue to be a foodie.

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

The key thing is to educate not just kids but adults about what goes into food. You do that in any way you can, bread machine or not.

Food has always been in my life. Being born in Ethiopia, where there was a lack of food, and then really cooking with my grandmother Helga in Sweden. And my grandmother Helga was a cook's cook.

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.

I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.

Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.

I'm a professional food eater.