Quote by Padma Lakshmi

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the

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This quote suggests that the speaker's experience with food is not solely centered around its physical nourishment. By participating in religious practices such as stringing lemon garlands for the goddess Durga and prioritizing children in the distribution of blessed foods, they have formed a connection between food and deeper concepts such as feminity, purity, and divinity. This implies that their understanding of food goes beyond its basic sustenance, emphasizing its spiritual and symbolic significance in their cultural context.

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