Last year I lost one of my best friends. Padma was not only a friend but a confidant and a cheerleader for me. If asked, I bet she'd have greater belief and hope in me than I ever would in myself. She was taken too soon from us and there's not a day that goes by that...
Growing up in Hawaii we had access to a lot of different types of fruit. At any given time we had mangoes, lychee, bananas, tangerines, pomelo, or papayas growing in our yard. Even when the trees got older and didn't produce as much, friends and family often brought...