Pakistan, Jan. 27 -- What would you do if you found out you only had a year to live? Twenty-nine-year-old chef Fatima Ali was posed with the same hard question and she answered it loud and clear.

"The only way I am going to beat this is through positivity and rallying people around me. I am so looking forward to this next year, because I'm surrounded with so much positivity. I'm so lucky to have friends and family like I do. We are going to be taking an entire tour of the world, eating all this absolutely delicious food. I know that's the only way to get through this," she had said.

Fatima Ali was no ordinary chef. She began her culinary career at Cafe Centro in New York. In 2012, she won an episode of reality-based cooking television g...