Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.

When I first went to Kmart, I was so excited that I could bring my kind of taste to the masses. They didn't have 100 percent cotton sheets at mass market in 1987. We made those in yellow and pink and pale blue.

The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.

My daughter doesn't allow me to wear fur.

I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.

I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies.