I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.
Padma LakshmiI always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.
Padma LakshmiI'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.
Padma LakshmiDon'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 LakshmiI don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on.
Padma LakshmiMiami, 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.
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