I am a glutton for a beautiful hotel. I am so easily smitten by high thread counts.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

Patience is the secret to good food.

Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.

There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.