I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky,… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I've been a model for 15 years, and I've been on 'Top Chef' for eight seasons, and before that I had other… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
Miami, which has already aired, has this wonderful blend of Caribbean culture and Latin American culture and Southern American culture (talking about… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
“food has played a central role not only in my professional but also in my emotional life, in all of my dealings… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
“Cooking was something women did to nourish and nurture their families, whereas for men it was largely something they did professionally to… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
“I once asked her if she was happy. “That depends on what I am able to get done today,” she said, laughing.” — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square,… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then just made… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
“I cannot remember what we talked about except that we never stopped talking.” — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share
