Padma Lakshmi : (5)

" I’m an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. " - Padma Lakshmi

" 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. " - Padma Lakshmi

" 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. " - Padma Lakshmi

" 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. " - 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. " - Padma Lakshmi