“I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your tradi...” — Debi Mazar Quote

“I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show.”

“I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.”

“My husband, Gabriele, is a musician, and I love music, so you can bet it's a really important part of our home entertaining repertoire, even if it means Gabriele making a really good playlist for a dinner party.”

“The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history.”

“I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.”

“I'm naturally a muscular gal with some curves, so eating a Mediterranean diet makes my body happy.”

“My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that.”

“I derive a lot of joy from cooking. Had cooking been a mandatory task, I probably would have felt differently about it.”

“People are in a hurry. They don't want to look at a long list of ingredients. Cooking is terribly hard work.”

“In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot.”

“For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.”

“It's not really the life of cooking that's hard - it's what you make of it and what level you push yourself to.”