Padma Lakshmi

I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#cook #dinner #finishing #girl #gonna

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#body #going #hear #highlight #hot

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#food #i #i think #included #intimidating

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

— Padma Lakshmi

#actually #always #clothes #comment #cook

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked? ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#smart #stacked #where #woman #written

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#christmas tree #does #fat #jewelry #just

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#eagerness #feed #impress #jewish #like

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#course #dress #during #filming #gain

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

— Padma Lakshmi

#donald #donald trump #every #just #ours

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#back #beautiful #beautiful things #few #had