She recently published her poignant memoir, which coincidentally – or perhaps not – is titled Be Ready When Fate Strikes.In late October, the host of Food Network sat down with the actress. and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, Calif., and revealed more about her road to stardom.She admitted that a lot was down to luck. “When I bought a specialty store, I was lucky enough to choose an area at a time when women were going back to work and had jobs and families and a home to support and started buying dinners with grass.” She said during his appearance, according to the Los Angeles Times.