Love, Loss, and What We Ate
E160168
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Love, Loss, and What We Ate canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love, Loss, and What We Ate Context triple: [Padma Lakshmi, notableWork, Love, Loss, and What We Ate]
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A.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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B.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
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C.
Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story is a humorous book by comedian Jim Gaffigan that explores his obsessions with food and American eating habits through observational comedy.
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D.
Words I Might Have Ate
"Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Crumbs from Your Table
"Crumbs from Your Table" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2004 album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*, noted for its critique of global inequality and Western complacency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love, Loss, and What We Ate Target entity description: "Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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A.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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B.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
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C.
Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story is a humorous book by comedian Jim Gaffigan that explores his obsessions with food and American eating habits through observational comedy.
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D.
Words I Might Have Ate
"Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Crumbs from Your Table
"Crumbs from Your Table" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2004 album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*, noted for its critique of global inequality and Western complacency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Padma Lakshmi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| features | recipes ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Padma Lakshmi's childhood
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Padma Lakshmi's experience of endometriosis ⓘ Padma Lakshmi's experience of motherhood ⓘ Padma Lakshmi's immigration to the United States ⓘ Padma Lakshmi's modeling career ⓘ Padma Lakshmi's romantic relationships ⓘ Padma Lakshmi's work on Top Chef ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasCentralTheme |
coping with loss
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self-discovery ⓘ the connection between food and identity ⓘ the role of food in memory ⓘ |
| ISBN_10 | 006220773X ⓘ |
| ISBN_13 | 9780062207735 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Padma Lakshmi's culinary career
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Top Chef ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notablePersonDescribed |
Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell
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Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ecco ⓘ |
| setting |
India
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subject |
career
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celebrity life ⓘ family relationships ⓘ food ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ love ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | Padma Lakshmi's childhood to adulthood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Love, Loss, and What We Ate Description of subject: "Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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