My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from.

Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit.

One of the things I do in my cookbooks is I will do a conversion from outdoor to indoor grilling so you can do it year-round.

I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.

I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive.

Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.

I like to create what I call 'tablescapes.' It's so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don't you think?