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You also host friends and celebrities in your kitchen on your _Food, Love, and Chaos with Caroline Manzo_ YouTube cooking show. If you could pick anyone, who would be your dream guest? My

dream celebrity to have in my kitchen, even though she’s no longer with us, would be Betty White. I thought she was just a gem. I love conversation. I love to hear people’s stories about

their lives. She lived on her own terms. She was a warrior, and she just exuded kindness and laughter, and that’s what I love in my world.  Manzo's first cookbook, "Food &

Other Things I Love," blends family stories with her favorite recipes. Courtesy Chronicle Books COOK WITH CAROLINE Manzo shared three recipes from _Food & Other Things I Love _for

AARP members to try: ONE-PAN BRANZINO AND TOMATOES This dish screams summertime: It’s simple, it’s fresh, and it has a lot of vibrant flavors.  THE WHOLE GARDEN PASTA PRIMAVERA This pasta is

like sunshine in a bowl.  GRILLED ARTICHOKES WITH LEMON AIOLI This is a perfect appetizer on its own or as part of an antipasti spread. Like many _Real Housewives_ cast members, you have

had your fair share of drama. Do you have any tips for home cooks to kind of keep their kitchens drama-free? If I had that answer, I would bottle it and be a billionaire! I just don’t know.

I think the wisest thing is to pick your battles. If there’s drama around the kitchen, and if it doesn’t involve you, just skirt around it and try to ease it. Just don’t add fuel to the

fire. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU STAY BUSY AND HAVE ENDLESS ENERGY. WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP HEALTHY?  I walk at least 11,000 steps a day, sometimes 20,000. You know, I could do 4 miles or I could do

10 miles, depending on the day. Instead of sitting down, if I’m doing nothing, I’m walking. My eating habits have changed as well. I don’t eat nearly as much as I used to, and I stay away

from cakes and sweets and things like that. I’m eating cleaner as I get older. I’ll never walk away from pasta, but instead of a large bowl, it’s smaller bowls and drinking tons of water,

taking my vitamins, and things like that. WHAT IS THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING A GRANDMOTHER? Everything? It’s a different kind of love. With my children, I let them fall and get hurt because

you have to teach them to survive. Although it pains you to see, it’s very important for their growth. My grandchild [Marchesa “Markie” Anna Scalia, 7], on the other hand, if I could put

her in a bubble and not have her shed a tear in her entire life, I would gladly do it. When you’re parenting, it’s more like survival, getting through the day. When you’re a grandparent,

it’s just joy, because you look at them through very different eyes, through eyes of experience. With age, you’re a different person, and you have more patience, perhaps. It’s magical.