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Former "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi told "The View" co-hosts Thursday her new cookbook was created in response to the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Lakshmi said her cookbook, "Padma’s All American: Tales, Travels, and Recipes from Taste the Nation and Beyond," was her "rebuttal" to former White House deputy chief of staff Steve Bannon, current White House advisor Stephen Miller, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and "all the negativity" she alleged came from President Donald Trump's administration.

"It's my rebuttal to Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller and ICE and all the negativity," the celebrity chef said. Co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in with "yes" and "correct" as the studio audience applauded.

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