Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.

Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!

I think that celebrities are just people, like everybody else, and they've got the foodie bug in them too.

You can laugh or you can cry. It is up to you which one you do.

Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home.

I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!