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love food. I always have. As a child my mom always told me—eat to live, don’t live to eat. I still live to eat, but now I live to eat well (with a side of ice cream). It’s given meal times meaning and continues to challenge me. In my earlier days, I was a painter. But when it came to choosing a major in college, my dad advised me to study graphic design over painting. It had something to do with being able to support myself after college. You know the conversation. But pretty soon, a mouse became my paint brush, a computer became my canvas, and the rest is history.