Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you.

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

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman.

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.

Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.