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Me & Littlehands 🖤 (📷: @gruberphoto)

Me & Littlehands 🖤
(📷: @gruberphoto)

Summertime is tomato time! 🍅. And tomato time i

Summertime is tomato time! 🍅. And tomato time is BLT time!

In celebration of the tomato, I wrote a book for Littlehands called “Tomatoes for Neela” which comes out on August 31st!

My dear friends at @penguinusa decided to publish it and the uber talented @juanamartinez did the illustrations. You can preorder it in the link in bio. Or not.

But just please savor this golden period, when tomatoes abound at the farmers market and all you need are a couple slices of toasted bread, some cold crispy lettuce and some sticky, crunchy, salty and sweet-honey mustard bacon. 🥓

I bet you already have all you need to make this quick and yummy lunch. All hail the BLT!!!

#tomatoesforneela #tomatoseason #farmersmarket

Life is starting to get sweet again… (📷: @gre

Life is starting to get sweet again…
(📷: @gregkadelstudios) #tbt

I’ve partnered with Intuit @QuickBooks to help s

I’ve partnered with Intuit @QuickBooks to help small businesses as they work to recover from this past year.

Today I’m highlighting Bea and Julio at my favorite local restaurant @ilpostoaccanto 🍝. It’s a warm and inviting spot serving authentic and delicious Italian food. I often go there alone because I know I’ll see interesting people and the company is great.

Check them out if you’re in town. As Beatrice said, QuickBooks helps make small businesses more successful! I’ll be sharing more of my favorite small businesses this month! #BackSmallBiz #ad

Summer dreams…. #fbf #littlehands

Summer dreams…. #fbf #littlehands

Seeking a Digital Media Coordinator for the team!

Seeking a Digital Media Coordinator for the team!

Email contact@padmalakshmi.com to apply!

The ultimate burn 🔥

The ultimate burn 🔥

Here I present: my @Etsy Edit!. #ad After being co

Here I present: my @Etsy Edit!. #ad After being cooped up all year, it’s so lovely to enjoy a summer night outdoors with friends. 🥂

I created an eclectic outdoor dining experience, perfect for a simple gathering or weeknight dinner.

I like shopping on @etsy to support BIPOC and women-owned small businesses. You can also find unique items that no one else has.

Go to my stories to shop the pieces in this space, and for more of my Etsy finds see the link in bio!

Such a beautiful memory from the Native American e

Such a beautiful memory from the Native American episode of Taste the Nation. “The biggest effect that colonization has on food is the introduction of wheat. Native Americans didn’t eat wheat, but when they were displaced and put on reservations, there was mass starvation as they moved these people around. They were given sacks of flour and tins of lard, but they didn’t know what to do with that. And so that’s how fry bread comes along. But even if you look at Mexican cuisine, that’s a corn-based cuisine traditionally and it was only with the advent of colonialism that you see flour tortillas coming up. So, wheat and flour are a big effect. Gluten is a very big effect of European colonization on this country.” - @deadline

#tastethenation @hulu

We made Peruvian tamales 🫔. This is a great rec

We made Peruvian tamales 🫔. This is a great recipe to make with kids! Steamed in banana leaves and made with yuca and white rice, these tamales are earthy and beautiful.

Thanks to @rosa.carhuallanqui for generously showing us this recipe and teaching us about her culture on the Taste the Nation episode “Little Lima”, shot in Paterson, NJ.

#peruvianfood #peruviancuisine #tastethenation #tamales @hulu

💧(📷: @ridburman/@elleindia) #tbt

💧(📷: @ridburman/@elleindia) #tbt

A Trip To the Union Square Greenmarket 🍅. I kno

A Trip To the Union Square Greenmarket 🍅. I know that sometimes things at local geeen markets can be pricey but if it’s possible, there’s nothing nicer to splurge on than wholesome produce for your family table from local farmers who till their own soil and bring you fresh vegetables and fruits from their patch of land.

It’s really important to try and eat local whenever possible. Not only for our bodies and communities but for our planet.

For those of us who live in the northeast, that isn’t always possible year round. But these are the golden months, from now until thanksgiving, the bounty is boundless. You can taste the difference.

So do try and support your local farmers. They often have great tips and are full of knowledge.

I love our farmers who are at the Union Square green market. Over the years they’ve been so kind to Littlehands with samples, fostering her love of cooking as she grows and giving us ideas for getting the best flavor out of their beloved ingredients.

@unsqgreenmarket @unionsquareny

#supportlocalfarmers #unionsquaregreenmarket
#tomatoesforneela

“I, Too” - Langston Hughes #fourthofjuly #la

“I, Too” - Langston Hughes

#fourthofjuly #langstonhughes #poetry

I’m still learning how to do everything I need t

I’m still learning how to do everything I need to on and off camera, and it is no joke!

Here I’m getting ready for one episode while looking at an edit of another epsiode and figuring out what to write for the voiceover that says it all without saying too much!

It has been the joy of my life to work on Taste the Nation. But I would never have gotten the opportunity if I hadn’t had the privilege of working on @bravotopchef all these years.

I’m so lucky that I get to have both these experiences on such different shows it just illustrates to me how vast the world of television can be even if they’re both about food.

#multitasking

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