Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.

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

I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.

I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.