The Great Thing About Living Today Is

I Usually Doze Off Between 7:30 And 9 P.m. While Putting My Baby To Sleep. Then I Suddenly Wake Up Remembering I'm An Adult With No Bedtime. I Spend The Next Four Hours Catching Up On Reading, E-mails, And Other Adult Pursuits Until I Collapse For Good Until Sunrise.

I Tend To Sleep In The Nude... I'm A Sensual-leaning Woman. You Have To Use The Word 'leaning' Or It Sounds Like I'm Boasting.

Part Of My Job As A Food Writer Is To Describe Food. So My Work On 'top Chef,' I Feel, Is An Extension Of That. When We Give A Criticism To The Contestant, We Want To Make Sure We Tell Them Why It's Not Working And Why It Would Work If They Did It A Different Way.

The Cookbooks And The Writing In General Have Been A Real Bonus, But It's Not Something I've Ever Pursued... I've Been Lucky, I Guess.

I Never Tweet About My Daughter. Never. I Just Want To Be Respectful Of Her Privacy. My Job As A Mom Is To Know When To Open My Mouth And When Not To.