Padma Lakshmi has been talking about Top Chef for 15 years. And while that popular cooking competition show is still very close to her heart, she is ready to focus on something new. Specifically, Lakshmi wants to talk about her most personal project yet, Taste the Nation, which premiered on […]
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American history is driven by periodic moments of moral convulsion. The late Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington noticed that these convulsions seem to hit the United States every 60 years or so: the Revolutionary period of the 1760s and ’70s; the Jacksonian uprising of the 1820s and ’30s; the […]
A nine-time Emmy nominee, Lakshmi has appeared on the Bravo reality series since 2002, bringing constant passion and curiosity to the kitchen, while using her platform for the good of others. This past June, Lakshmi launched a new series, Taste the Nation, on Hulu, aiming to introduce viewers to immigrant […]
Nationally celebrated chefs Rocco DiSpirito, Maneet Chauhan, Claudette Zepeda, Aaron May and others are sharing their personal stories around food with USA TODAY in hopes that you’ll share your resources to help hungry Americans. It’s all part of the Storytellers Project’s “LIVE, in Your Home” virtual storytelling show May 14 […]