All the things I love is what my business is all about.

I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.

Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.

All I really want is a three-room house. The home I have designed at my new farm in Bedford, New York, is a three-room house: bedroom on top, living room in the middle, and kitchen on the ground.

I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I'm much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is.

I'm a maniacal perfectionist.