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About Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is an actress, model, and the host of Bravo TV’s Top Chef. She’s also the author of two cookbooks, Easy Exotic, and her most recent title, Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet. @padmalakshmi

Crispy fried chicken pieces on grease-stained paper.

Padma Lakshmi’s Crispy Fried Chicken

Nov 29, 2021 posted by LC Editors

This blissfully crunchy, irreverently easy, crazily unconventional coating is everything we never knew we wanted in fried chicken.

Cardamom and Cashew Cookies

Aug 22, 2014 posted by LC Editors

Magically delicate and nuanced cookies that satisfy the little kid cookie craving in an adult sorta way.

Chili Honey Butter

Oct 11, 2012 posted by LC Editors

Sweet, spicy, and just a little sassy. That’s what we think of this sensational synthesis of everyday ingredients. Slather it at will.