A balanced diet may be the best medicine. I was eating too much good eats. But people consider that part of your job, you know? Eat. And I do!

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.