I say: If you don’t know how to cook, I’m sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call that friend and say, ‘Can I come next time and can I bring some food and can I come an hour or two hours ahead and watch you and help you?’ less than 1 minute read
You can’t escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about? Your mother’s clam chowder. It’s security, comfort. It brings you home. less than 1 minute read
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement! less than 1 minute read
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. less than 1 minute read
I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive. less than 1 minute read
I’m the only girl on The Food Network who grills - I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think it’s really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves. less than 1 minute read
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. less than 1 minute read
I’m not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households. less than 1 minute read
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. less than 1 minute read
