Padma Lakshmi’s Take on American Cuisine

Former Top Chef host and best-selling author Padma Lakshmi takes us back to her early childhood in Chennai, India where she was raised by her grandparents and then to New York City where she would skate to meet her mom at a falafel cart for lunch as a teen. She opens up about why it's so important now more than ever to appreciate and redefine what it means to be an 'American' dish. Plus, she teaches us how to make her mama's Yogurt Rice. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Padma Lakshmi’s Take on American Cuisine is an episode from Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast by Higher Ground.

This episode is 01:09:50 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2025.

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