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.

Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

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

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.

It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them.

I don't think there are any footsteps to be walked in. No one else has taken things that you can buy at the grocery store and put them together. I hope that I have a career as long as Julia Child.