Desmo Is My Guard Dog, But He

I Think That My Interpretation Of Italian Was A Lot More Southern Than What My Husband Cooks. You Know, I Grew Up In Queens And In Brooklyn, And We - Really, It's More Southern. It's Naples And Sicily. It's Heavier. It's Over-spiced. And Like Most Americans, I Thought Spaghetti And Meatballs Was Genius.

With The Breast-feeding, I Really Love The Bonding. Real Life Is More Important To Me.

I Used To Watch My Grandmother Make Fancy, Julia Child-style Beef Bourguignon. And Growing Up In New York City, I Was Exposed To Many Cultures. I Experimented With Puerto Rican And Jamaican Food.

I Wanted To Come Up With A Hybrid Show Of Sorts That Wasn't Your Traditional 'dump And Stir' Type Of Cooking Show.

I Truly Have A Love-hate Thing With The Press.