Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!.

Everybody's twelve years old in an apple orchard..

I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long..

I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't ….

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod..

Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal. In my case, it's accessibility. So all of my products have to be usable, acc….

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me..

I never do the dishes, because my husband has an affinity for it. And I'm also not allowed to touch the coffeemaker..

I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to m….

Decide what it is that you are and then stay true to that thing. My brand is based very much on how I live my day-to-day life..

I've also learned that you can't be all things to all people. Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal..

Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretchin….

I don't know that I have a favorite meal. When I'm cooking I'm thinking about the person I'm feeding and I want to make them whatever they want. My h….

Food was always a conduit in our family for storytelling, and it was a way for us to keep in touch and remember things. We're people that use food to….

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl i….

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into s….

EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an ….

If you're preparing a dinner for friends or a holiday dinner, make sure to only prepare recipes you are comfortable with and have cooked before. Cook….

We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier….

I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner..

When I do a 30-minute meal, for instance, on Food Network, that's my food you see at the end of the show and it's not perfect. And if sometimes thing….