I always buy the smaller turkeys. On the pre-baste put pats of butter on the meat under the skin, put the skin back on, put a bunch of seasoning on the top, call it a day, put it in the oven. With a 10 - 12 pound turkey you are done in a couple of hours.

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

My years of living the jet-set life were fun, but they weren't fulfilling. The perks and benefits were lovely, but all of the fabulous furs, fancy jewelry and fun fetes simply weren't enough to fill my soul.

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.

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

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen.

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