I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

Fresh herbs really belong anywhere you put them.

I really love muscle cars. I don't think people might realize that about me. I really want to go to an auto auction and blow my life savings on a Camaro. They have such design around them, such panache.

Who doesn't love a stuffed cherry tomato?

I think that 'celebrity' and 'chef' should be a permanent oxymoron.

I feel like a princess with a knife. I've wanted to be an Iron Chef forever.