I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

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.

I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.

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

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

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.