Latest Padma Lakshmi Quotes from Interviews

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• If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

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  Stars, Lying, Four

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• Miami, which has already aired, has this wonderful blend of Caribbean culture and Latin American culture and Southern American culture (talking about fried chicken). All those combine to make for a very very interesting array of ingredients, restaurants, and the chefs that come there. It also has great seafood, not to mention the glorious citrus that's there. And all those things inform what you do - and they should.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Latin, Talking, Interesting

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• Each city has its own culinary landscape.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Cities, Landscape, Culinary

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.

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  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• If you have children in your house you have Frosted Flakes.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Children, House, Flakes

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Church, Way, Krishna

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or milk. I just combine the two.

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  School, Two, Water

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• I really love fried chicken.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Chickens, Fried Chicken

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• I'm a sucker for fried chicken - I really love it.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Chickens, Sucker, Fried Chicken

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

  Padma Lakshmi

  Yoga, Two, India

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• Even the fried chicken is great cold.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Cold, Chickens, Fried Chicken

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put them all in the same plate. That way you have just one plate to dump in.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Different, Three, Use

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Giving, Cooking, Ingredients

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

• I don't look at ratings until somebody tells me.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Looks, Rating

  "THR Emmy Roundtable: Randy Jackson, Gordon Ramsay and Other Reality Stars on Bad Contestants and Biggest Regrets". Interview with Stacey Wilson Hunt and Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 17, 2013.

• I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

  Padma Lakshmi

  People, Tvs, Amazed

  "THR Emmy Roundtable: Randy Jackson, Gordon Ramsay and Other Reality Stars on Bad Contestants and Biggest Regrets". Interview with Stacey Wilson Hunt and Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 17, 2013.

• The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Looks, Today, Look Up

  "And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

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

  Padma Lakshmi

  Wine, Thinking, Glasses

  "And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

• I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Beautiful

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

• 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.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Stars, Player, Want

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

• DON'T wear loud clanging bangles at work, it's disruptive and noisy and your coworkers won't appreciate it! Bangles should have a gentle wind-chimey tinkle, not the crash bang of a million pots and pans.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Should Have, Wind, Appreciate

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

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

  Padma Lakshmi

  Thinking, Watches, Firsts

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

• I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Remember, Bangles, I Can

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.