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Padma Lakshmi Slams Vance's Cooking Critique: 'Know Better!'

3/6/2026

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Padma Lakshmi criticized Vice President JD Vance's cooking after he described worst meal he made for his wife, Usha.
In a Fox News interview, Vance called the crescent-roll dish with vegetables and ranch dressing "disgusting" and "inedible."
Lakshmi noted Usha's rich culinary background and said Vance should know better after a decade of marriage.
She quipped, "maybe he knows what she likes because she doesn’t really have good taste."

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Padma Lakshmi criticized Vice President JD Vance's cooking after he described worst meal he made for his wife, Usha.
In a Fox News interview, Vance called the crescent-roll dish with vegetables and ranch dressing "disgusting" and "inedible."
Lakshmi noted Usha's rich culinary background and said Vance should know better after a decade of marriage.
She quipped, "maybe he knows what she likes because she doesn’t really have good taste."