Padma Lakshmi Quotes - Page 3

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• 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.

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  Baby, Reading, Sleep

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• I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

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  Friendship, Thinking, Secret

  "What Padma Lakshmi's Learned: Women Issue Preview" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 27, 2010.

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• All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

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  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Want

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• 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.

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

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  Yoga, Two, India

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

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• Each city has its own culinary landscape.

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  Cities, Landscape, Culinary

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

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• 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.

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

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  Children, House, Flakes

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

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• 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.

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  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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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  Different, Three, Use

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

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• I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.

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  Thinking, Cameras, Eating

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• 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.

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  Eating Meat, Sandwiches, Bologna

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

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  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.

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

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  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.

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

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  Two, Dresses, Gains

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

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  Looks, Today, Look Up

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

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• I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.

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  Successful, College, Careers

  "Beautiful and damned". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2006.

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

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  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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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  Wine, Phones, Soil

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

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