(www.FatGirlLovesCake.com) - I'm so excited that I was chosen to attend the taping of  "LIVE with Kelly & Michael" that airs daily on ABC, but I was bummed to learn that Michael Strahan is leaving the show. To be honest, I wasn't surprised. That man has more jobs than the Department of Labor. He's going to be doing Good Morning America in the morning but also a hot new version of the show "100,000 Pyramid."

Ironically, I was invited to the rehearsal show but I had a family emergency and couldn't make it. I know that if he's as funny as he was as we joked around during red carpet rehearsals at the 2016 Oscars, he's going to make a new generation of people fall in love with a show that so many people already love and miss.

I've known him for a while now. I met him first when he was a player for the NFL. A childhood friend was an exec of the marketing department and I would visit her at work a lot. I also attended the Grid Iron Dinner a few times so I got a chance to know him. He's always been one of the most grateful, likable people I've ever met. It's no surprise that he has 40,000 jobs to prove America loves him too.

Stay tuned for pics from my experience on "LIVE with Kelly & Michael"

NBA WIVES and GIRLFRIENDS: Meet the Wives and Girls of Golden State Warriors

(FatGirlLovesCake.com) - From time-to-time, I spend time with NBA and NFL WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) at events, parties or the games. Many of them know me because I'm always taking pictures of their outfits and of course their shoes.

Recently as basketball sensation Steph Curry and the Warriors blew through Madison Square Garden to play the New York Knicks, I caught up with Steph but missed his wife. (Video coming) I did catch up with WAG Ciara and her NFL boyfriend, Russell Wilson, as they hung out with Carmelo Anthony's wife, LaLa Anthony. I also ran into a few other WAGS, but I'll have to get to them a little later.

For now, here's an interview with KARINA BIANCA, who is a Warriors WAG. As you'll see, she's verynice, which his opposite of what reality TV shows portray these women. I've been lucky to get to know dozens of them and I can tell you, reality TV is not always reality.

YUMMY: I'm writing my first cookbook

(www.FatGirlLovesCake.com) - My mom was the ultimate cook, baker and candlestick maker. Ok, so I just threw the candlestick maker in but man could my mom cook and bake. Because I was always home with her, she taught me just about everything she knows.

As I want to share that love with my own little one, I started teaching her recipes that my mom taught me. Lil Mama is quick the little chef, especially when it comes to bread pudding. Ironically, I didn't teach her that one. She just kinda came up with it on her own.

When tragedy forced us from New York City to the middle of nowhere Indiana, we had little else to do but watch corn grow, swim in the pool and bake. When we're together, it's like a giggly, fun slumber party. I still work in New York City so I have to commute back and forth - plus fight a nasty custody battle - so when we're apart, I bake, cook and write down recipes.

That's why the cookbook is so important to me. I want to make sure Lil Mama knows her heritage and there's no more delicious way to teach her than through food.

You can pre-order my cookbook beginning February 2, 2016, which is also Lil Mama's birthday. I'll also be selling some of the things in my cookbook, but mostly cakes, about once a month or so. I don't want to get baker's burnout because I bake from scratch using butter, flour, sugar and eggs.

Can't wait for us to get together and bake something delicious!