It's so important that you don't put the stuffing in the bird, where in order for the stuffing to get cooked you have to overcook the turkey. It's better to do it on the side.

I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.

You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!

When I thought my professional career was over, it hadn't even started yet.

I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as delicious as complicated ones.

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

You can get bogged down in a recipe that's got a lot of steps and a million ingredients, and it takes all day to make. And then you realize, you've just got one dish. For Thanksgiving, you want an abundance of choices, and so you want dishes that you can put together really quickly, but that doesn't mean less flavor.