When he was a quarterback at Florida, Jesse Palmer had a plan in case his dream of playing pro football didn’t come to fruition. The Toronto native had a double major in marketing and political science (with a certificate in international relations). “If the NFL thing didn’t work out, I was planning on being an ambassador,” says Palmer. “I was hoping I’d get stationed in a country that had great food.”
Palmer credits his mom’s cooking for instilling his foodie ethos, which only got stronger during his five-year NFL career with the Giants and 49ers.
