Cooking for me is a way to wind down. It's different from cooking on camera, where you have to do everything twice, for a wide shot and a close-up.

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

I always say to people that working full time and being a mom is probably the hardest job, because as a mom you think about your child 24/7.

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.

My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.

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.