I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show.

Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything.

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side.

Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

Desmo is my guard dog, but he has a sweet side, too. Nothing entertains him (or me) more than when I blow bubbles and he can chase them.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.