Tag: Padma Lakshmi

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.

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone’s body without actually touching them?

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.

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