You can be vegetarian and eat fish. Its your choice, just say: I am what I am. There are no hardcore divisions anymore.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.

Pizza was made for television in so many ways: it is easy to heat up, easy to divide and easy to eat in a group. It is easy to enjoy, easy to digest and easy-going. It is so Italian!

Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.

For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.

The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.