When I came to the Food Network, I didn't want to do a cooking show. I told Kathleen Finch for nine months I didn't want to do a cooking show, I wanted to do a home-and-garden show.

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

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.

Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missing the point. Taking shortcuts doesn't mean shortcutting the end result.

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients.

I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed.

As a kid, I thought John Denver was the perfect Prince Charming.