I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse..

I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear..

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came ….

I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough t….

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree..

I'm a sucker for fried chicken - I really love it..

I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza..

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy..

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to….

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes..

If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes ….

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong..

If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying..

Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you..

Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the conte….

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook..

In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take a bull by the horns, not by, ….

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world..

I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they ….

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it..