Padma Lakshmi Quotes

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.

Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.

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.

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

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

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.

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 still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.

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

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.

The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.

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 tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.

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

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.

Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

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.

I really love fried chicken.

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

I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty.