Padma Lakshmi Instagram – These beautiful kumquats, picked from my mother’s yard, have always been a source of brightness. Especially now in this dreary New York weather. Soon they’ll find their way into a bubbling, sticky marigold hued chutney with green chiles and ginger. If you’ve read my book Love, Loss and What We Ate, you’ll remember that recipe – one of my personal “sort of mother sauces”.