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# Padma Lakshmi: Thai Green Curry
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2026/03/padma-lakshmi-thai-green-curry/
- Published: 2026-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-07T18:06:46.000Z
- Description: After leaving Top Chef after a 17-year run as Emmy-nominated host and executive producer, Padma Lakshmi vowed to never host another food competition show again. She created and hosted Taste the Nation, an exploration of American food through the lens of immigrant and indigenous communities.
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_09b9327e-90de-4014-a06a-d932016ab9a7

After leaving *Top Chef* after a 17-year run as Emmy-nominated host and executive producer, Padma Lakshmi vowed to never host another food competition show again. She created and hosted *Taste the Nation,* an exploration of American food through the lens of immigrant and indigenous communities, continued to write cookbooks (*Padma’s All American* is her latest) and do activist work for the ACLU and UN. 

But last week, her new culinary competition show *America’s Culinary Cup* premiered on CBS! Why did she break her vow? You’ll have to listen to find out! 

Padma and host Rachel Belle talk about the joy of eating in bed; her favorite midnight snacks to eat with her teenage daughter, Krishna; and what valuable lessons her grandmother taught her about life, through the lens of cooking. 

Then *New York Times* food reporter Priya Krishna joins the show [**to talk about**](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/dining/restaurants-food-delivery-immigrants-ice.html?ref=cascadepbs.org) the negative impact ICE detainments and raids are having on American restaurants. The folks she interviewed say it’s harder on restaurants than the pandemic was. 

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