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People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

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Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.

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Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

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I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

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My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.

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People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.

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I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.

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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Chef

Born: September 1st, 1970

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