Talent is just another word for practice. [She smiles; how many times had she been told that when she was a child?]

Oh, I am in business. Cake baking. [Close enough. She put her spare time to good use.] At least it started out that way. It's gotten a bit more now. Home wares... home design. Knitting. People like my style, I suppose. It was really just to keep me busy after my divorce.

[And a long time ago, she had decided to dethrone Martha Stewart.]