Padma Lakshmi explores Hanukkah in special edition of ‘Taste the Nation'
The episode tells viewers the Yiddish name for each of the foods Lakshmi tastes, and celebrates the freedom Jewish communities have to practice their religion in America.
Indian model, actress, and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi(photo credit: VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJULIA GERGELY/JTA