Padma Lakshmi

"In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends."

"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."

"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?"

"Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine."

"I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply."