“You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits ...” — Marcus Samuelsson Quote

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.

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.

The Swedish Christmas is definitely unique, even throughout Scandinavia. Like Christmas everywhere, it's a very family-centered holiday.

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.

Getting kids involved at an early age is key in promoting healthy food choices.

My favourite thing in the world is going out to get Chinese food, then coming home and renting a movie.

Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.