I Cook And I Chat. That's What

Television Itself Is An Intimate Medium. It's In Your House. You're Visiting With These People... Not Everybody's Going To Like It, Just Like Not Everybody Likes Everybody On The Playground. I Mean, That's Life - Especially If Your Job Is To Just Go Out There And Be Yourself.

You Do It With Your Own Two Hands, So There's A Sense Of Pride. You Really Do Forget All Our Problems, Because You're Focusing On The Food.

My Mom, Who's Been In The Restaurant Business For 40 Years, Is The Number-one Influence In My Life. But I Look Up To A Lot Of People In The Industry. Tops On My List Is Mario Batali. My Mom And Mario Taught Me The Same Lesson: Food Is Love.

When Men I Have Dated Over The Years Whined About, ‘oh, You Make No Time For Me’ – See Ya! I Just Dumped Them. I Don’t Need That Pressure In My Life.

I Don't Categorize Food As Bad Or A Guilty Pleasure.