Her first cookbook
Easy Exotic was awarded Best First Book at the 1999 World Cookbook Awards at
Versailles. She was host of the
Food Network series,
Padma's Passport, which is part of the larger series
Melting Pot, in 2001. She has also been a guest host on parts of the British culinary tourism show
Planet Food, hosting the segments on India and
Spain.
[13] Her second cookbook
Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet was released October 2, 2007.
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