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I Think It Can Be Hard For Any Man To Sometimes Be Upstaged By His Wife. So When I'm Home, I Work Very Hard To Be Todd's Wife And Jade's Mother. I Have No Problem Going Back To Those Traditional Roles. I Try To Be Giada, The Young Girl That He Met 20 Years Ago And Fell In Love With.

My Grandfather Gave Me Inspiration To Cook, And Love Food And Flavors. My Aunt Raffie, Gave Me Creativity And The Inspiration To Create New Things. My Mother Inspires Me To Find Simplicity In Food.

Attitudes Toward Food Have Completely Changed.

Pretty Much Every Time I Try Something Different Or Do Something In Front Of A Live Audience, I Truly Think They Might Throw Peanuts At Me.

Every Time I Think I Have Something Under Control, It Changes And I Don't Have It Under Control. I Think It Takes Several Years To Get There. Jade Is 19 Months Old, So Right Now I'm On Alert All The Time. And As A Mom I Think You're Constantly Worrying About Things.