Don't expect too much from yourself. What I like to do when I have a day off is make various cookie doughs and freeze them. Then I always have that on hand if I need it.

Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm.

I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.

I think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best.

For a healthy alternative to buffalo wings, slide the bone of a human finger into a block of tofu and bake.

Attitudes toward food have completely changed.

I was so nervous to turn 40, but the last year and a half has been the most fun I have ever had.