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Top Chef Judges Share Their Go-To Recipes for Pleasing Picky Eaters

Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons know a bit about people who complain about food.

Illustration:  Claire Courtade

In advance of Top Chef Season 18, stars Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons share recipes to win over all diners, even kids. Gail’s steak tacos recipe is adapted from her cookbook Bringing It Home: Favorite Recipes from a Life of Adventurous Eating. Padma’s Singapore noodles are excerpted from her recently released book Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day copyright 2021. Available from Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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