--- description: Lakshmi is the host and creator of Taste the Nation, a new show on Hulu that tells stories of the food of immigrants, African Americans and Native Americans. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Padma Lakshmi  ## Padma Lakshmi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Lakshmi is the host and creator of_ [_Taste the Nation_](https://www.hulu.com/series/taste-the-nation-with-padma-lakshmi-53d48a66-d254-4e4f-89a1-277ec6c57368)_, a new show on Hulu that tells stories of the food of immigrants, African Americans and Native Americans._  ## Padma Lakshmi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 24, 2020 ### [The Food World Needs to Hear Cultural Experts](https://time.com/5858245/food-world-needs-to-listen-to-the-real-cultural-experts/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 18, 2016 ### [Padma Lakshmi: We've Forgotten the Beauty of a Home-Cooked Meal](https://time.com/4530275/padma-lakshmi-cooking-family-memories/) Get in the kitchen with the ones you love—and not just for the food Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/padma-lakshmi/","name":"Padma Lakshmi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/padma-lakshmi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/padma-lakshmi/"},"name":"Padma Lakshmi","jobTitle":"","description":"Lakshmi is the host and creator of Taste the Nation, a new show on Hulu that tells stories of the food of immigrants, African Americans and Native Americans.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbb87bdab22189dc/698a101186f68e1e886eef7a/padma-lakshmi-voices.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/padma-lakshmi/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```