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

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Padma Lakshmi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 1
Actor
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Television Actor
Television Presenter
Madras
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan
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During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.
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If you have children in your house you have Frosted Flakes.
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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...
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I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.
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I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.
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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.
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I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.
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India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.
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Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.
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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.
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Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.
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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
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Every city has a Donald Trump ours is just the Trumpiest.
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In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.
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Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.
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I'm a sucker for fried chicken - I really love it.
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Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.
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