"I'm the only girl on The Food Network who grills - I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think it's really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves."

"Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that."

"I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive."

"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."

"Women have had the power of naming stolen from us."

"American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule."

"But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider... That thought was our power."

"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."