I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then just made a bead out of it for necklaces and earrings.

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian.

For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman. I've created four versions of the front-to-back necklace which actually gives you two necklaces in one. I love the way they swing and catch the light as a woman is walking away. You almost want to pull on it and stop her!

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.