It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

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.

I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.

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

Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.