People always comment about my clothes. They dont think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook. – Padma Lakshmi
You dont want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of whats out there now does – you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree. – Padma Lakshmi
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
The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someones body without actually touching them? – Padma Lakshmi