If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

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.

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.