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First Girlfriend Sandra Lee Dishes to Vogue

By DNAinfo Staff on February 22, 2011 7:08pm  | Updated on February 23, 2011 6:34am

By Jill Colvin

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — First girlfriend and Food Network superstar Sandra Lee may indeed become First Lady one of these days.

"Right now I’m happy being a girlfriend, but someday Andrew and I will get there," Gov. Andrew Cuomo's live-in-flame told Vogue magazine in the fashion bible's March issue, which features Lady Gaga on its cover. "When his kids say we need to, we will," she reportedly said.

The domestic diva, who raised eyebrows with her non-traditional take on lasagna, also dished to the magazine about her difficult childhood, raising her siblings alone and her signature style, which veers to white ... and more white.

As it turns out, the theme also extends to the Mount Kisco home she shares with the governor, described as a "fairy-tale froth of spun sugar."

"Yes, I love white, and I’d wear it all the time if I could," she told the mag. "Some people think I have an issue with cleanliness, but to me it’s just so pretty," she said.

The same matching also applies to the kitchen, it seems.

"I like to create what I call 'tablescapes,'" she explained during a shopping trip for new plates. "It’s so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don’t you think?" she asked.

The star eventually found a set featuring prominent historical buildings such as Independence Hall — perfect for her Founding Fathers-themed dining room — the magazine reported.

Lee also revealed that she enjoys hearty fare, but keeps an eye on her figure.

"Over a post-shopping breakfast, Lee happily orders eggs and bacon with a side of granola. "'I’m a meat-and-potatoes girl, but I still have to watch it,'" she reportedly said, while "giggling as she whips up her sweater to reveal, sweetly but somewhat disingenuously, an expanse of perfectly smooth alabaster skin without the merest hint of any bulge," the magazine wrote.

But one thing Lee said she's wasn't worried about was the governor pulling any of the tricks that forced former attorney general and governor Eliot Spitzer to step down.

"Oh, no, I don’t have to worry about that; I can relax," she reportedly said. "I’ve got a good one."