Padma Lakshmi

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City…

— Padma Lakshmi

I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to…

— Padma Lakshmi

“Cooking was something women did to nourish and nurture their families, whereas for men it was largely something they did professionally to…

— Padma Lakshmi

I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make…

— Padma Lakshmi

An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to…

— Padma Lakshmi

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one…

— Padma Lakshmi

“experienced a bout of atheism. With adolescent self-importance, I wondered why God would allow all this to happen to a fourteen-year-old girl.…

— Padma Lakshmi

I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is…

— Padma Lakshmi

I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then…

— Padma Lakshmi

The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything.

— Padma Lakshmi

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

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

— Padma Lakshmi

There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or…

— Padma Lakshmi

In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take…

— Padma Lakshmi

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

— Padma Lakshmi

“She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could.…

— Padma Lakshmi

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a…

— Padma Lakshmi

DON'T wear loud clanging bangles at work, it's disruptive and noisy and your coworkers won't appreciate it! Bangles should have a gentle…

— Padma Lakshmi

“I didn’t wholly identify with the collective experiences of children in either place. I had one foot in each culture, but no…

— Padma Lakshmi

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

“I don’t really think any of us are women right when we turn eighteen, or even twenty-one for that matter. You have…

— Padma Lakshmi

I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain…

— Padma Lakshmi

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and…

— Padma Lakshmi