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.

You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring

If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.

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

Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.

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?

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.