Padma Lakshmi on The Million Dollar Quest for Culinary Excellence and Connection

Taste the Nation and Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi joins Brad to discuss food’s transcendent power to bring people together across cultures. Padma opens up about her latest cookbook, Padma's All American, and shares exclusive details on building her new, high-caliber cooking competition show, America's Culinary Cup, designed to be the "World Series of Cooking." Brad and Padma reminisce on some of the best hidden gems for finding rare spices in the city. Want to be featured on Lay It On? Send a short voice memo sharing your name, where you’re from, and your question for Brad to [e-mail], and you might just hear it answered in the next episode! CHAPTERS: 0:00 - BRAD RANT 6:48 - BRAD ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS 16:55 - INTRODUCING PADMA LAKSHMI Submit Your Questions: https://forms.gle/pZgjBT3NGbTkKnMe6 Follow the pod: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layitonbradleone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bradleone Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mA8KOsgpZMlWeByCxNom6?si=ae0c64f6fd624dc8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices