I'm completely unqualified for any job I've ever had.

You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food.

EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!

I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.

You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.

I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long.

Television itself is an intimate medium. It's in your house. You're visiting with these people... Not everybody's going to like it, just like not everybody likes everybody on the playground. I mean, that's life - especially if your job is to just go out there and be yourself.