Even the fried chicken is great cold.

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

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

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

DON'T wear loud clanging bangles at work, it's disruptive and noisy and your coworkers won't appreciate it! Bangles should have a gentle wind-chimey tinkle, not the crash bang of a million pots and pans.

I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise.

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.