Lena Dunham is a hero of mine.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.