Padma Lakshmi blasts writer who said Indian food based entirely on 1 spice. Viral story

Padma Lakshmi has lashed out at a writer for writing an opinion piece that described Indian food as "based entirely on one spice".

Author and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has lashed out at a writer for writing an opinion piece that described Indian food as "based entirely on one spice". I pride myself on my Pakistani cooking. I also love South Indian, and fusion dishes. That you got paid to write this tripe, and boldly spew your racism is deplorable.May your rice be clumpy, roti dry, your chilies unforgivable, your chai cold, and your papadams soft. I don't think anyone cares that you don't like Indian Food (the world's best food). It's that you think curry (a genre of food) is a singular spice, which is comically wrong, and you refuse to admit that you're wrong about a provable fact. (Also v embarrassing for your editor...) Did you ever wonder if something was wrong with you and not the food? Gene, nobody cares that you dislike Indian food. The issue is that you said the entire diverse cuisine was based on one spice. Couldn’t even take the time to research what curry powder is made of. For the record it’s not one spice this is bad. Lazy writing and zero research on topic. The aim was to broad brush how intolerable Indian food is. Jokes on you. I'm sorry that your tongue, heart, and mind are broken. I think it's because you were kinda racist actually At the risk of taking the humor columnist seriously, what is this magical one spice that is there in all Indian food? This is one portion of my spice rack. And I cook cuisines of just 2 Indian states. "One spice"? pic.twitter.com/e2r2abfAKX look it's "only one spice" pic.twitter.com/ybHKMFrH6n No one cares that you don't like it. It's the ignorance of saying it's "one spice" and assuming all Indian food is "curry" that rubbed people the wrong way. A diverse country filled with so many different kinds of food cannot be summarized by a colonizer's word like curry! It wasn't for your "dislike of Indian food"It was the fact you think that curry is ONE spice. The article, titled ‘You can't make me eat these foods,’ was written by Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten and published on August 19. In the opinion piece, Gene Weingarten listed several food items such as Old Bay seasoning, anchovies and hazelnut, and explained why he refuses to eat them.