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In this rapid-fire Q&A, Padma Lakshmi reveals her go-to late-night snacks, the one food trend she wants to retire, and why she refuses to put cheese in her carbonara. From her favorite NYC fast food to the essential spices every pantry needs, this video offers a fun and insightful look into the culinary mind of a legendary host.
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00:00Favorite late-night snack?
00:01Pomegranate and peanut butter toast.
00:04Matcha.
00:04What to do?
00:05A phone call.
00:06Kashmiri chili powder, sumac,
00:09a smoky chili like Urfa.
00:11Los Tacos number one in New York.
00:13Either a crisp glass of very good champagne,
00:15ice cold, or Casa Dragones tequila
00:19with club soda and lime.
00:21Grilled cheese.
00:22Avocado toast.
00:23So basic, but yes.
00:25That's like having one pair of shoes.
00:28Any Thai curry,
00:30because you can smell the muckroot lime leaf
00:33and it immediately perfumes the house
00:35and makes everything better.
00:37Carbonara.
00:38Salt, pepper, pasta, pancetta, and eggs.
00:42I don't put cheese in my carbonara.
00:44I have this argument with everybody,
00:46the fact that carbonara doesn't need dairy.
00:48Hit all parts of your palate.
00:50Something sweet, something salty, something sour,
00:52something bitter, and something tangy or umami.
00:56Lentils and rice, Indian food, all of it.
01:00There's so much in my fridge, we'll be here all day.
01:02Salted and unsalted butter, Irish butter as well,
01:05all kinds of yogurt, seven other cheeses in my cheese drawer,
01:09lots of jams, in fact, three kinds of chili jam right now.
01:13This is very decadent, but I have shelled pomegranate seeds
01:16in a big container so that when I want to eat pomegranate,
01:20the peeling is already done.
01:21The temperature.
01:22I don't like eating things that are supposed to be hot
01:25if they're not hot and I don't like eating things
01:27that are supposed to be eaten cold, warm.
01:30I think temperature has a lot to do
01:32with the sense experience of a dish.
01:35Lentils and spinach.
01:35So finish.
01:35Half, znaczy Muhsin,
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