Food brings back memories. I had a mom that wasn't a good cook, so I would eat my grandma's food. It was amazing because it brings back a time almost in Technicolor. I see her house, I see her stove; I think about what it felt like when I was sick, and it felt like love.

— Debi Mazar

I always had dreams. I knew I wanted to have money to buy things at the flea market. That's worked out well.

— Debi Mazar

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli race on the side.

— Debi Mazar

I like to watch Bourdain and Andrew Zimmer, because I like them when they travel. I like Ina Garden, 'The Barefoot Contest.' Giada is really nice, but I get a little bit bored with just staying in the kitchen.

— Debi Mazar

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

— Debi Mazar

My mom did not have money. She was a single mom, on and off in periods between marriages. My husband, however, grew up on a wonderful farm in Tuscany, in Florence, and his family was so entertaining in terms of growing their own food and using the fruit of their land. We have very, very different experiences.

— Debi Mazar

My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried to take me to Woodstock - it was pouring rain. It was on my birthday, and I was crying so much in the car they turned the car around and dumped me at my grandmother's house... I had a little attitude.

— Debi Mazar

On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon.

— Debi Mazar

Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, order the bird, and buy all the fixings at the market.

— Debi Mazar

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

— Debi Mazar