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I Was Always A Person On My Mother's Hip In The Kitchen. My Mom Really Wanted Her Kids At Her Side As Much As Possible, And She Worked In Restaurants For Over Fifty Years. And My Grandfather Had Ten Children, And He Grew And Prepared Most Of The Food. My Grandmother, On My Mother's Side, Was The Family Seamstress And The Baker. So My Mom, The Eldest Child, Was Always In The Kitchen With My Grandpa And I Was Always In The Production And Restaurant Kitchens And Our Own Kitchen With My Mom. And It's Just Something That Has Always Spoken To Me.

My First Memory In Life Is Grilling My Thumb To The Griddle In Our Restaurant On Cape Cod.

Television Itself Is An Intimate Medium. It's In Your House. You're Visiting With These People... Not Everybody's Going To Like It, Just Like Not Everybody Likes Everybody On The Playground. I Mean, That's Life - Especially If Your Job Is To Just Go Out There And Be Yourself.

I Measure In My Palm And Use My Eyes To Estimate Amounts; A Tablespoon Is A Full Palm Of Dried Spices.

I Used To Say I Would Never Run Unless I Was Being Chased By Someone With A Gun. Now I'm A Little Obsessed With It!