A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi’s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera. Padma will be at Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 17th St @ 7pm today in Conversation with Andy Cohen and signing books. Ecco publishes the hardcover on March 8, 2016.