I Have A Fuller Figure And Sometimes

When You Come Into Our House, You Get A Flavor For Our Life, Our Travels, Our Kids, Our 18-year-old Poodle Who Is Like, Blind, Deaf And Incontinent But So Happy.

I Grew Up On Food Stamps. I Come From A Very Humble Background. And I've Had Many Friends That Have Been Destitute - You Know, Running Into Trouble - And Places Like The Midnight Mission Have Given Them Hope And Have Fed Them And Gotten Them Back On The Right Path.

With The Breast-feeding, I Really Love The Bonding. Real Life Is More Important To Me.

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.

Sitting Down At The Table Is A Sacred Event. It's The Heart Of The Home. People Have Ginormous Homes Or Crappy Little Homes, But The Kitchen Is Where We Always End Up Sitting. It's Where The Stories Happen, The Family Happens.