Padma Lakshmi Quotes

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.

I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I’m an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise.

India’s had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

During the course of filming ‘Top Chef,’ I gain 15 lbs., so I’m used to needing two dress sizes.

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don’t have is not as important to as what I do have.

I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.

If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it’s so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that’ll lead you to another wine.

In truth, I am a single mother. But I don’t feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends.

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.