One thing that happens when youre pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, theres a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. Its really like basting a turkey with body butter. – Padma Lakshmi
People always comment about my clothes. They dont think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook. – Padma Lakshmi
I know most people use their phones to tell time, but theres something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece. – Padma Lakshmi
I think wine is such a big universe that its kind of like food – its intimidating to a lot of people, myself included. – Padma Lakshmi
Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older theres this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now Im in the middle ground – I think women in their thirties are taken seriously. – Alanis Morissette