One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.

I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

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.

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.

Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put them all in the same plate. That way you have just one plate to dump in.

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

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.