How Padma Lakshmi eats, packs and survives life on the road

Travel is a constant throughout the renowned culinary host's career, and she has it down to a science. Here's how she packs and relaxes – and what she avoids doing on the plane.

Padma Lakshmi doesn't often get to sit still. The acclaimed culinary host, cookbook author and entrepreneur has spent decades travelling the globe in search of the world's most delicious flavours. But her latest television project kept her unexpectedly rooted, filming largely between Toronto and her hometown of New York City.