You know how you’re completely different with your mom than you are with your best friend, than you are with your romantic partner, than you are with… - Padma Lakshmi

I wanted to do a show to give people whom I have grown up with, whether they were Filipino, Mexican or whatever, the platform to speak for themselves.

I would love to write more children’s books. I think children can understand complex things so long as you explain them in words they can wrap themselves around.

The world is getting bigger and smaller at the same time. The possibilities and opportunities to taste different kinds of foods are much more prevalent today than even 10 or 15 years ago. At the same time, because people are traveling, in spite of certain parts of the world that are dangerous, you do get to try more things. With the Internet and Instagram, you get to know about all these funky dishes.