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.

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

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option.

If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.

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

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.