My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.

Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal. In my case, it's accessibility. So all of my products have to be usable, accessible, affordable.

I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge.

Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!

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

I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog [Isaboo, a pit bull] some days because I’m just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I’m doing.

I do know what my first meal in the next world would be Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.