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 issu…

- Marcus Samuelsson

We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of th…

- Marcus Samuelsson

We can all agree that government cant solve the obesity crisis alone. Its an ongoing issue that will require a collaborative effort across private an…

- Marcus Samuelsson

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

- Marcus Samuelsson

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…

- Marcus Samuelsson

Cooking is in an honest profession where you cannot hide and let others do the work for you. You have to show up, work hard and prove you can do it f…

- Marcus Samuelsson

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

- Marcus Samuelsson

I feel very fortunate that I was raised in a multicultural family, and it came through food.

- Marcus Samuelsson

Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov.

- Marcus Samuelsson