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Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on

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 its not working and why it would work if they did it a different way. – Padma Lakshmi

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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now Im scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go. – Padma Lakshmi

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I know most people use their phones to tell time, but theres something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece. – Padma Lakshmi

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Im 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. – Padma Lakshmi

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I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor – herbs and spices – to everything because I dont want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment – they dont have to love everything, but they do have to try it. – Alison Sweeney

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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient. – Ornette Coleman

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I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself. – Giacomo Casanova

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Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel. – Jim Ryun

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The surest way to establish your credit is to work yourself into the position of not needing any. – Maurice Switzer

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