Creepily Fantasize With/About/On Padma Lakshmi At The Strand 1.29K Joshua Stein 11/19/07 05:00PM Filed to: gawker calendar gawker calendar To Do Click through for our Community Calendar. Send events to Calendar@gawker.com. Did you know, btw, that Padma wrote a cookbook called Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet AND a book called Easy Exotic. I mean, COME ON!