Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

Patience is the secret to good food.

It's better to get the nutrients for healthy skin from food, not supplements. Salmon, walnuts, blueberries, spinach... lots of my favorite foods happen to be amazing for skin too.

Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

You don't get second chances in the real world.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.

Passion is not such an emotion as a destiny.

Think I have made a terrible mistake going to college. Have decided to become a shepherd and spend my days tending to flocks of goats

For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth.

If you have HIV, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of. Get treatment and don't think that you're out of options or resources because you're not.

Anyway, that was the last good day I had with Gus until the Last Good Day.

Apparently their numerous tattoos gave them protection against the cold as they had no coats.

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.