Talking to other people while you're cooking, it doesn't come naturally.

It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.

In order to keep your husband, you have to make time for him. Rather than going out to dinner, I like to spend time for just the two of us.

I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.

Attitudes toward food have completely changed.

I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain.

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.