I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.

The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything.

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.

In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.

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.