"Like baseball, food will never go out of style we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories."

"There are days when I literally have to eat 17 plates of food - it's intense. It's about moderation. You just need a few bites to get the gist of a dish."

"I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate."

"I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like."

"What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on."

"It is a profound truth that patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance."

"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."

"A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age."