"My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking."

"I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet."

"The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my family's relationship with each other."

"For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern 'superwoman' wears off and reality sets in."

"I love food and I love my curves."

"I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later."

"When I go to a restaurant, I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent."

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead."