I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.

I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.

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.

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

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 like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.