When winter sets in, and the holiday decor has been shelved for another year, my comfort zone moves int the kitchen, where cooking provides not only sustenance and good things for the belly, but the heat from the stove and oven are a balm against the outer chill. With that in mind, I’ve been embarking on a few recipes by Padma Lakshmi, and thanks to their brilliance she is being named Dazzler of the Day. But as they once said in ‘Reading Rainbow’, you don’t have to take my word for it. Check out her website here, where the following encapsulation of her noteworthy accomplishments are described:
Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated producer, television host, food expert, and a New York Times best-selling author.She is the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu series Taste the Nation, currently in production for its second season. Taste the Nation is the recipient of a 2021 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Culinary Series, a 2021 Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Series, and 2022 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Show Host. In June 2022, Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition won a James Beard Foundation Award in the Visual Media – Long Form category.
Lakshmi also serves as host and executive producer of Bravo’s two-time Emmy-winning series Top Chef, now in its 20th season. Top Chef has been nominated for 42 Emmys, including her four-time nomination as Outstanding Host for A Reality-Competition Program. In 2022, she accepted two Critics Choice Real TV Awards for Best Culinary Show and Best Competition Series on behalf of Top Chef as well as an award for Best Show Host.
In the fall of 2021, Padma released her first children’s book – The New York Times best-selling Tomatoes for Neela, as well as guest-edited The Best American Travel Writing 2021. Lakshmi is also the author of two cookbooks – Easy Exotic and Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet, The New York Times best-selling memoir Love, Loss and What We Ate, and The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs.
