I have fond memories from growing up in Switzerland and drinking a glass of warm milk with a spoonful of honey before bed.

When I was a child, she'd have me wash the lettuce ten times or open walnuts by hand to make a cake. I was like, 'Mom, this is ridiculous.' But now? I run my kitchen the same way.

As I mature as a chef, I no longer aim to pack multiple techniques and ingredients into a single dish. Realizing that restraint is more difficult, I find it often renders incredibly beautiful results.

I go to Franny's in Brooklyn a lot. It's just a casual Italian place, but I could eat there every day.

Any person who says their family is perfectly functional is lying.

I grew up at 'All My Children;' I got married, had a daughter and made life-long friends there!

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

Even as a child, I would get film offers, and all my friends would tease me saying, 'You will also be an actor like your father,' or 'Don't forget us.' I always took it as a joke, but subconsciously, I felt maybe this was my true calling.