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

If you're preparing a dinner for friends or a holiday dinner, make sure to only prepare recipes you are comfortable with and have cooked before. Cooking for others is not the time to try out a recipe for the first time. You end up spending all your time in the kitchen instead of enjoying your company.

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.

I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.

When you really want to show some love, keep the flowers and say it with spaghetti.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.