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Padma Lakshmi
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"I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there’s something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Romantic
"One thing that happens when you’re pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there’s a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It’s really like basting a turkey with body butter."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Morning
"I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Mom
"I’m an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Mom
"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, so I still never go."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Mom
"I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on ‘Top Chef,’ whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It’s a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Home
"From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Food
"Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on ‘Top Chef,’ I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it’s not working and why it would work if they did it a different way."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Food
"I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Food
"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 a built-in romance to wine."
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Padma Lakshmi
Topic(s):
Food
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