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.

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing - you don't want to hear three songs at once.

I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

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

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.

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.