When I'm cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I'm not vegetarian.

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.

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

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.

I was once a statist, and then I researched The Holocaust. I am now a Libertarian.

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.

Our Blacks Are Better Than Their's

I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.

There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

I hate Sunday, and I don't think I'll ever get over it. But I'm going to try.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

There's a Harvard Business School thing that says, 'Every 10 years you should replant yourself,' and the only way to keep young is to learn new things and keep curious.

After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.