I Used To Say I Would Never

If You're Preparing A Dinner For Friends Or A Holiday Dinner, Make Sure To Only Prepare Recipes You Are Comfortable With And Have Cooked Before. Cooking For Others Is Not The Time To Try Out A Recipe For The First Time. You End Up Spending All Your Time In The Kitchen Instead Of Enjoying Your Company.

My Husband Cooks Fancier Food For Himself Than I've Ever Cooked On-air. I Call Him From The Road, And He's Making Champagne-vanilla Salmon Or Black-cherry Pork Chop. Half Of Me Is Feeling Unworthy. Not Only Am I Not A Chef, I'm Not A Better Cook Than My Own Husband!

I Started Running 3 Miles Every Morning After Throat Surgery To Remove A Cyst Last Year. The Gym Used To Be My Adversary. But That Has All Changed. Now, I Look Forward To It Every Morning.

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.