Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Padma Lakshmi - Page 2

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

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 really love fried chicken.

Miami, 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.

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.

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

Don'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.

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.

Each city has its own culinary landscape.

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman.

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

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

I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.

I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

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

In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take a bull by the horns, not by, um...

Even the fried chicken is great cold.

There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or milk. I just combine the two.

If you have children in your house you have Frosted Flakes.

DON'T wear loud clanging bangles at work, it's disruptive and noisy and your coworkers won't appreciate it! Bangles should have a gentle wind-chimey tinkle, not the crash bang of a million pots and pans.

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