“ I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece. Padma Lakshmi
“ 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 h… Padma Lakshmi
“ You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree. 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… Padma Lakshmi
“ I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to. Padma Lakshmi
“ The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them? Padma Lakshmi
“ People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook. 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 it's n… Padma Lakshmi
“ Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine. Padma Lakshmi
“ One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get… Padma Lakshmi
“ I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included. Padma Lakshmi
“ My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go. Padma Lakshmi
“ I'm 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… Padma Lakshmi
“ Foods are like men: some are good, some are bad, and some are okay only in small doses. But most should be tried at least once. Padma Lakshmi
“ We arrived from New York after a daylong slog through airports and planes and traffic. It was 10: 00 p.m. local time, but my body had no idea if it was night or day. Krishna was hungry, so I found som… Padma Lakshmi
“ At first, I was grateful to be the object of such intense desire. Yet what’s flattering in the first year can be suffocating in the eighth. Padma Lakshmi
“ Everything I had been carting from one stage of my life to another, to remind me of me, was in the boxes that surrounded me. And there were so many of them now, just days before my thirty-seventh birt… Padma Lakshmi
“ At the end of a marriage, no one wins. There is only anger, sorrow, guilt, emptiness, and defeat. Padma Lakshmi
