Padma's All American

<b>ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025: <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>Boston Globe</i>, <i>Taste of Home</i><br><br>“[Lakshmi] is the perfect person to help us understand how immigrants are changing the way Americans eat . . . . A spicy blend. . . . Delicious.” – <i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br><br>In this very personal book—the result of seven years of traveling and tasting, listening and observing for her award-winning Hulu show <i>Taste the Nation</i>—Padma Lakshmi compiles more than 100 recipes from the immigrant and Indigenous communities she visits, as well as many from her own family, showing us what really comprises American cuisine.<br><br><b>Recipes include:</b><br><br>• Plum Chaat • Tomato Egg Drop Soup • Yogurt Tahdig • Pasta all’Amatriciana <br>• Jollof Rice • Saag and Grits • Shoyu Poke • Pad Thai Fish • Jerk Chicken <br>• Amazonian Tamales • Biracial Latkes • Vegetable Pakori • Coconut Rice • Banana Lumpia • Strawberry-Cardamom and Cream Cake • Masala Chai •<br><br><i>Padma’s All American </i>is filled with mouth-watering recipes, adapted here for the home cook—along with profiles and stories from the people who inspired the dishes. It is a joyful book—a love letter to the people who create and evolve American cuisine every day and a road map to the foods that give America its vibrant palate, from one of our most essential culinarians.