I Truly Have A Love-hate Thing With

Nobody Has Money Right Now. And Eating Is Very Important, But It Doesn't Need To Be Expensive. And To Make - It Doesn't Need To Be Fancy, As Long As It's Fresh And Simple. The Simpler It Is, The More Fancy It Actually Comes Out Tasting.

For Me, Its Like Go Ahead And Eat. Live Your Life. I Mean, I've Just Seen So Much Death, You Know, As Of Late, Being In My 40s, Of People Getting Sick Or, You Know, Whatever, That I Just Feel Like, You Know What? You Never Know With Life. Eat. Enjoy Yourself. Just Try To Be Healthy And, You Know, And Watch It.

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.

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.

Desmo Is My Guard Dog, But He Has A Sweet Side, Too. Nothing Entertains Him (or Me) More Than When I Blow Bubbles And He Can Chase Them.