People always comment about my clothes. They dont think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook. – Padma Lakshmi
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. – Padma Lakshmi
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
I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply. – Padma Lakshmi
People come up to me all the time and say, Oh, I love to watch Food Network, and I ask them what they cook, and they say, I dont really cook. Theyre afraid, theyre intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they dont know where to start in their own kitchen. – Michael Symon