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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?

Padma Lakshmi

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Padma Lakshmi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 1
Actor
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Model
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Madras
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan
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