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This vivid, generous, finely written memoir reveals the smart, vulnerable, and resourceful person behind the beautifully dressed judge telling the chefs to pack their knives and go home. And the recipes are great! -- Francine Prose Beautifully written and moving, this book is also a feast for the senses that will leave you hungry for more...In telling her own story with such grace and artistry, she has created something culturally important for us all. -- Susan Sarandon Love, Loss, and What We Ate is the Padma we didn't know-a frank, introspective look at a fascinating and unusual life. Surprisingly revealing and disarmingly bittersweet. -- Anthony Bourdain The host of Top Chef narrates her memoir as if she's telling her story to a trusted friend. She sounds expressive and vulnerable-revealing mistakes with a tone of regret, letting her love shine through the voices she creates for beloved family members, and enthusing about her passion for food, fashion, and travel...This well-crafted memoir will have broad appeal to listeners interested in remarkable lives. -- AudioFile The work of someone seriously dedicated to multiple achievements...this is a true gem of a memoir for reading, tasting, sharing, and learning. -- BookReporter [An] open, thoughtful memoir. -- Seattle Times There is more to the memoir than Lakshmi's turbulent personal life. She also writes lovingly of her mother and extended maternal family in India. -- Los Angeles Times [An] appealing new memoir...The savoring of meals and snacks can be described as evocatively as the preparation. -- USA Today

"Love, Loss, and What We Ate is the Padma we didn't know-a frank, introspective look at a fascinating and unusual life. Surprisingly revealing and disarmingly bittersweet. -- ""Anthony Bourdain"" [An] appealing new memoir...The savoring of meals and snacks can be described as evocatively as the preparation. -- ""USA Today"" [An] open, thoughtful memoir. -- ""Seattle Times"" Beautifully written and moving, this book is also a feast for the senses that will leave you hungry for more...In telling her own story with such grace and artistry, she has created something culturally important for us all. -- ""Susan Sarandon"" The host of Top Chef narrates her memoir as if she's telling her story to a trusted friend. She sounds expressive and vulnerable-revealing mistakes with a tone of regret, letting her love shine through the voices she creates for beloved family members, and enthusing about her passion for food, fashion, and travel...This well-crafted memoir will have broad appeal to listeners interested in remarkable lives. -- ""AudioFile"" The work of someone seriously dedicated to multiple achievements...this is a true gem of a memoir for reading, tasting, sharing, and learning. -- ""BookReporter"" There is more to the memoir than Lakshmi's turbulent personal life. She also writes lovingly of her mother and extended maternal family in India. -- ""Los Angeles Times"" This vivid, generous, finely written memoir reveals the smart, vulnerable, and resourceful person behind the beautifully dressed judge telling the chefs to pack their knives and go home. And the recipes are great! -- ""Francine Prose"""

[An] appealing new memoir...The savoring of meals and snacks can be described as evocatively as the preparation. -- USA Today There is more to the memoir than Lakshmi's turbulent personal life. She also writes lovingly of her mother and extended maternal family in India. -- Los Angeles Times [An] open, thoughtful memoir. -- Seattle Times The work of someone seriously dedicated to multiple achievements...this is a true gem of a memoir for reading, tasting, sharing, and learning. -- BookReporter The host of Top Chef narrates her memoir as if she's telling her story to a trusted friend. She sounds expressive and vulnerable-revealing mistakes with a tone of regret, letting her love shine through the voices she creates for beloved family members, and enthusing about her passion for food, fashion, and travel...This well-crafted memoir will have broad appeal to listeners interested in remarkable lives. -- AudioFile Love, Loss, and What We Ate is the Padma we didn't know-a frank, introspective look at a fascinating and unusual life. Surprisingly revealing and disarmingly bittersweet. -- Anthony Bourdain Beautifully written and moving, this book is also a feast for the senses that will leave you hungry for more...In telling her own story with such grace and artistry, she has created something culturally important for us all. -- Susan Sarandon This vivid, generous, finely written memoir reveals the smart, vulnerable, and resourceful person behind the beautifully dressed judge telling the chefs to pack their knives and go home. And the recipes are great! -- Francine Prose

"[An] appealing new memoir...The savoring of meals and snacks can be described as evocatively as the preparation. -- ""USA Today"" There is more to the memoir than Lakshmi's turbulent personal life. She also writes lovingly of her mother and extended maternal family in India. -- ""Los Angeles Times"" [An] open, thoughtful memoir. -- ""Seattle Times"" The work of someone seriously dedicated to multiple achievements...this is a true gem of a memoir for reading, tasting, sharing, and learning. -- ""BookReporter"" The host of Top Chef narrates her memoir as if she's telling her story to a trusted friend. She sounds expressive and vulnerable-revealing mistakes with a tone of regret, letting her love shine through the voices she creates for beloved family members, and enthusing about her passion for food, fashion, and travel...This well-crafted memoir will have broad appeal to listeners interested in remarkable lives. -- ""AudioFile"" Love, Loss, and What We Ate is the Padma we didn't know-a frank, introspective look at a fascinating and unusual life. Surprisingly revealing and disarmingly bittersweet. -- ""Anthony Bourdain"" Beautifully written and moving, this book is also a feast for the senses that will leave you hungry for more...In telling her own story with such grace and artistry, she has created something culturally important for us all. -- ""Susan Sarandon"" This vivid, generous, finely written memoir reveals the smart, vulnerable, and resourceful person behind the beautifully dressed judge telling the chefs to pack their knives and go home. And the recipes are great! -- ""Francine Prose"""

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Padma Lakshmi is the Emmy-nominated host of the highly rated and critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning Bravo series Top Chef, and the author of two cook-books: Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet and the award-winning Easy Exotic. In addition to her culinary achievements, Lakshmi has contributed to such magazines as Vogue, Gourmet, and Harper's Bazaar (UK and US), and penned a syndicated column on fashion and food for the New York Times. Her television-hosting credits include Planet Food and Padma's Passport, as well as other programs in the United States and abroad. A global style icon and the first internationally successful Indian supermodel, Lakshmi also helms companies of her own such as the Padma Collection and Easy Exotic. Lakshmi is a cofounder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America. Since 2009, the organization has advocated for early diagnosis, promoted research, and raised awareness in the medical community and the greater public about this devastating chronic disease which affects over 190 million women worldwide. She lives in New York City with her daughter.

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