I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.

It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them.

I always loved family holidays and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.

My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays then I don't deserve to be an owner.

I saw why people died and how they died. I saw gunshot wounds and liver failure. It was a good learning experience so I came regularly on weekends and holidays.

Holidays are the best. I couldn't imagine being from a small family.

I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time I don't need holidays I just stop working.

'The Christmas Song ' by Nat King Cole is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.