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

In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take a bull by the horns, not by, um...

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.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

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.

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