Each City Has Its Own Culinary Landscape.

I Usually Doze Off Between 7:30 And 9 P.m. While Putting My Baby To Sleep. Then I Suddenly Wake Up Remembering I'm An Adult With No Bedtime. I Spend The Next Four Hours Catching Up On Reading, E-mails, And Other Adult Pursuits Until I Collapse For Good Until Sunrise.

If You Have Children In Your House You Have Frosted Flakes.

Wine, Like Food, Is So Emotional. If You Think About It, So Much Of The Courting Ritual Is Surrounded By Wine And Food. There's A Built-in Romance To Wine.

Whether I'm Making A Recipe Or A Piece Of Jewelry Or A White-rose-and-jasmine Tea Or The Perfume, I Like To Think Of Myself As A Happy Little Sorceress, And If I Could Just Have A Little General Store With All That Stuff And Give People A Sense Of My Taste, That Would Be Lovely.

I Don't Have Any Stigma Attached To My Body. When I'm In My Own Private Space, I Have Very Little On.