Star Kitchen: Kelsey Nixon's Brooklyn Kitchen

When Kelsey Nixon and her husband, Robby, moved into their Brooklyn apartment last year, they felt they had hit the big time. "We came from a 500-square-foot third-floor walk-up in Manhattan," says the Cooking Channel host. But now they have a doorman, an elevator and enough space so Kelsey can work from home. "I'm here all day. I wrote a cookbook here, I test recipes here," she says, all with her son, Oliver, 11 months, at her side.

When she was growing up, Kelsey's friends all wanted to hang out at her house. "It's probably because my mom had drawers full of candy," she jokes. Kelsey follows in her mom's footsteps and always has a jar of sweets on hand.

Kelsey's favorite food is all-American apple pie, "the ooey-gooey kind," she says. She keeps her family's recipe at the ready on her kitchen chalkboard.

She uses this pepper grinder on her show.

Sunday dinner for Kelsey's family means a roast in Grandma Charlotte's pot. "There have probably been tens of thousands of meals made in it," Kelsey says.