I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.

I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

Each city has its own culinary landscape.

I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian.

Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.