Everything In Moderation.

Any Time You Do Anything Different In This Life, It's Risky. But I've Only Done Things Differently, And It's Gotten Me Quite Far. If You Want To Make A Splash, You've Got To Step Out On That Ledge And Jump. And I Could Land Flat On My Face And It Would Be The Biggest Nightmare Of My Life. I'm Willing To Risk It. I Want To Help Change The Way Male Chefs See Females. I Want To Show Them That, Yes, We're Emotional And, Yes, Sometimes We Make Irrational Decisions, But We're Passionate About What We Do, And That Passion Will Propel Us To The Next Level.

My Grandfather's Family Used To Own A Pasta Factory In Naples And They Would Go Door-to-door Selling Their Pasta. So His Love Of Food Came From His Parents, Which Was Then Passed Down To My Mother And Then Again To Me.

It Will Be A Great Success To Me If My Family Comes Into The Restaurant And Says That They're Proud Of What I've Done, They're Proud Of The Way I've Represented The De Laurentiis Name, And That They Love My Food. That Is The Moment Of Pure Pride For Me.

I Think It Can Be Hard For Any Man To Sometimes Be Upstaged By His Wife. So When I'm Home, I Work Very Hard To Be Todd's Wife And Jade's Mother. I Have No Problem Going Back To Those Traditional Roles. I Try To Be Giada, The Young Girl That He Met 20 Years Ago And Fell In Love With.

Many Chefs Of A Certain Caliber Do Not See Me As A Chef. I Don't Have A Restaurant. They See Me As A Tv Food Personality, Not A Chef. I've Gotten Respect, Trust Me, They Respect Me, But I Think That I Can't Hit That Particular Level Of Respect From Them Until I Have A Successful Vegas Restaurant That Not Only Makes Money But Creates Unbelievable Food And A Fabulous Experience. I Don't Think People Think I Can Cook, And They Don't Think I Know What The Hell I'm Doing.