Padma Lakshmi recalls painful endometriosis battle: ‘I was really forlorn’

Padma Lakshmi recalls painful endometriosis battle: ‘I was really forlorn’

Padma Lakshmi used to spend a week every month pressing hot water bottles, heating pads or small strips of fabric soaked in castor oil on her stomach to ease her pain. Finally, at 36, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 endometriosis — an agonizing condition that occurs when uterine-like tissue grows outside the uterus. “I’ve … Read more

It’s ‘Top Chef’ for hospital food —no seriously

It’s ‘Top Chef’ for hospital food —no seriously

Scalpels down, knives out.  Three chefs from New York hospitals competed head-to-head in a three-course, “Top Chef”-style cooking competition Wednesday in front of a live audience at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in Lower Manhattan. The stakes were high. The winner received an all-expenses-paid trip to Napa. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson — a “Top … Read more