Sure, you can mix the flour, baking soda, salt, shortening, and the whole nine yards, but why wouldn't you just pull out a box of Bisquick?.

If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention..

One of the things I do in my cookbooks is I will do a conversion from outdoor to indoor grilling so you can do it year-round..

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook..

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it come….

Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do..

Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit..

I always buy the smaller turkeys. On the pre-baste put pats of butter on the meat under the skin, put the skin back on, put a bunch of seasoning on t….

I don't think there are any footsteps to be walked in. No one else has taken things that you can buy at the grocery store and put them together. I ho….

I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed..

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..

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..

You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring.

How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize..

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen..

Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missi….

I didn’t even cry, I was stunned. You know, and that’s just how fast life turns. It turns on a dime..

My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from..

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children..

Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal..

My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand st….