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

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

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.

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

I don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on.

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.

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 each other.