![]() I certainly felt that, even at my level, there were a lot of double standards and a lot of ways that I wasn’t free.” “That is a game changer, especially for women who always have to fit the mold that somebody else has created for us-and we are just expected to adhere to certain things that are there for women but not there for men. “I’m very lucky that somebody finally gave me a chance to create something from scratch,” she says. Over two seasons and a holiday special, she’s traveled to Milwaukee to learn about the origins of the hot dog, to Las Vegas to explore how the local air force base led to an explosion in Thai cooking, and to Puerto Rico to ask whether local dish pasteles should be eaten with ketchup. Now I need to just focus on my own projects and getting some rest.”Īnyone curious about what Lakshmi has planned for the next chapter of her career need only watch an episode or two of Taste the Nation, which is part food show, part travel show, part dissertation on the American immigrant experience. I have given everything I can humanly give, at all times, to this show, and I think that the results have paid off. “I think this has been brewing for a long time. She tells me she’s looking forward to her first summer off in “over a dozen years” and is considering renting a house in Italy while her 13-year-old daughter is away at camp. When we catch up over Zoom a couple weeks after the Top Chef finale has aired, Lakshmi is still recovering from a late night out in New York City with her friend, comedian Yvonne Orji.
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