Cooking for me is a way to wind down. It's different from cooking on camera, where you have to do everything twice, for a wide shot and a close-up. Giada De Laurentiis More Quotes by Giada De Laurentiis More Quotes From Giada De Laurentiis I don't eat a lot of anything. A little bit of everything, but not a lot of everything. Small meals all day long. Giada De Laurentiis meals littles long I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with. Giada De Laurentiis girl mother home I keep my skin - especially on my face and neck - out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I've got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too. Giada De Laurentiis laughter keys brother I think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best. Giada De Laurentiis my-heart heart thinking I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Giada De Laurentiis aunt kitchen mother I'm actually a very shy person, which is why I always chose to be in the kitchen. You can make people happy and entertain them, without really being there. You can make a very short appearance and then say, 'I've got something on the stove, gotta go! Giada De Laurentiis kitchen shy people Attitudes toward food have completely changed. Giada De Laurentiis changed attitude Don't expect too much from yourself. What I like to do when I have a day off is make various cookie doughs and freeze them. Then I always have that on hand if I need it. Giada De Laurentiis days-off hands needs All men want to be treated like kings in a relationship, and I think if women don't indulge that sometimes, their men are likely to stray and look for someone who can give that to them. Giada De Laurentiis kings men thinking Food was always a big part of my life. My grandfather was one of 14 kids, and his parents had a pasta factory, so as a kid, he and his siblings would sell pasta door to door. After he became a movie producer, he opened up De Laurentiis Food Stores - one in Los Angeles and one in New York. Giada De Laurentiis sibling new-york kids Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm. Giada De Laurentiis gym-rats cutting yoga Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there. Jade is 19 months old, so right now I'm on alert all the time. And as a mom I think you're constantly worrying about things. Giada De Laurentiis mom years thinking I lost my brother when he was 30, and that was devastating for me. I don't know if I will ever get over it. Giada De Laurentiis over-it brother lost If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That's why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. Giada De Laurentiis children people thinking I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I'd bring things to class that I'd cooked at home. Giada De Laurentiis home children school It's almost ingrained in people that, just like you can't be a smart model, you can't be a good-looking cook. Giada De Laurentiis smart like-you people I'm most comfortable in T-shirts, but they have to have some style to them. Giada De Laurentiis shirts t-shirt style I was so nervous to turn 40, but the last year and a half has been the most fun I have ever had. Giada De Laurentiis half fun years I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars. Giada De Laurentiis rocks stars grandfather I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it. Giada De Laurentiis teacher kids school
