I kept thinking 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile.

I'm trying to cut down a little on eating on sodium keep my blood pressure down which is tough. Because I love food! I do but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good and all the good stuff veggies and green things doesn't match up.

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head so it keeps the spirit moving.

When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.

Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.

People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food those by-products.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

There are only three things women need in life: food water and compliments.