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.

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

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

With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me.

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, order the bird, and buy all the fixings at the market.

When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's not too demanding of yourself, otherwise everybody will have fun but you. A great appetizer or simpler dish is a good way to work a menu that's delicious but does not impose too much effort or time spent in the kitchen.