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Condé Nast Traveler
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Condé Nast Traveler
Where Chefs Eat on Vacation: Asma Khan's Favorite Kolkata Spots
Welcome to Where Chefs Eat on Vacation, a column in which chefs tell us what they ate on a recent trip. 'If someone tapped me on my shoulder and asked me where home was, I'd say Kolkata,' Asma Khan tells me. The beloved London-based chef chef left the city in 1991—and at this point, has lived in the UK longer than in India—but the 'City of Joy' still has a hold on her. 'When I'm in Kolkata, I feel like I'm a teenager again," she says. Like most sprawling Indian cities, Kolkata carries the visual markers of rapid change, but Khan says there's plenty that remains: the old mansions; the trees; the markets where she's still recognized; the chaiwalas 'down the lane' still dishing out tea and snacks. 'When I walk through the city, I feel like the city remembers me, the dust remembers me," she says. Khan grew up in India, but it wasn't until she moved to England in her twenties that she learned how to cook. After running supper clubs in her South Kensington home for a few years, Khan, who is a lawyer by education, opened her first restaurant in Soho in 2017. Darjeeling Express with its all-female staff and focus on home cooking quickly became one of London's hottest reservations, and Khan a celebrity chef—and full-throated advocate of undiluted Indian cooking. Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season, Khan's latest (and third) cookbook, journeys through the breadth of that culinary landscape. From the narangi (orange) pulao served at her home on festive occasions in the winter to the matira (watermelon) curry that her father's Rajasthani family make to break the stifling heat of the summers, it tackles cooking by season, something that she still pushes for. Deeply personal childhood memories are foregrounded here as well, like those of gathering on still summer nights upon the terrace, when her Abba (father) would unspool his stories or make shadow puppets with his hands. Her penchant for storytelling, she says, comes from him. Last year, when her family home was redeveloped into an apartment complex, Khan traveled to Kolkata to receive the keys to her very own apartment. 'I was the last granddaughter to walk down those old familiar stairs; my mother was born in that house,' she says of its significance. That visit was a sentimental return, a true homecoming. 'Although, in a way, it feels like I never really left,' she adds. For more on her favorite home-cooked recipes, check out Khan 's cookbook, Monsoon. To walk down memory lane with her and bookmark the best of Kolkata's delicious fare, based on Khan's most recent visit, read on. Sourcy Film What is the first thing you eat when you arrive in Kolkata?
Daily Mirror
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers to receive touching honour a year on from death
An exhibition, which will include many of Hairy Biker star Dave Myers' personal belongings, will be held at the museum in Dave Myers' home town of Barrow-in-Furness Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers is set to have a museum temporarily named in his honour. The much-loved TV chef, who died of cancer last year aged 66, will be honoured with a free exhibition at The Dock Museum in his hometown of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, next month. It will include a showcase of his belongings, including his motorbike helmet, some of his clothes and the dance shoes he wore while starring on Strictly Come Dancing. Dave's widow Liliana, 58, said: 'I can't think of a better place to have donated some of Dave's most loved possessions to be on show to the public. "There are areas of Dave's life that are unknown beyond his family and friends so it will be interesting to make this public. He had a long career as a makeup artist before becoming a 'Hairy Biker' and we have many photographs from this period. "I've also donated some of his personal clothing – much of it stained by food! You could read a manual of his life from his shirts!'. Dave first appeared on TV alongside pal Si King in 2004's The Hairy Bikers ' Cookbook. They went on to present more than 30 series and specials before Dave revealed his cancer diagnosis in May 2022. But, before finding fame, Dave worked as a makeup artist specialising in prosthetics. He worked for the BBC and also freelance on TV shows, including Top of the Pops, where he painted the iconic white stripe on pop star Adam Ants' face. He was also employed on other programmes, including The Generation Game, Spooks and The life and times of a she devil. He first met Si King on the Gambling man, a Catherine Cookson TV drama. The exhibition will be part of the Dave Day 2 celebrations to be held on June 21 and June 22 in Barrow. The Dock Museum will be renamed 'The Dave Museum' from June 18 until June 23. The exhibition will be open from June 20 until October 5 and will be free to enter. Dock Museum manager, John Irving said: "I've known Dave for years, and his story is fascinating. I'm both honoured and excited to have collected all these much loved items from Lili and cannot wait to share his story with the wider public. "Everyone knew Dave as a Hairy Biker, but there is so much to tell from his life, especially around Barrow." Charlotte Hawley, Collections and Exhibitions manager for Westmorland and Furness Council, said: "It is both an honour and a pleasure to collaborate with Lili Myers in bringing this exhibition, celebrating the life of Dave Myers, to the Dock Museum and his hometown of Barrow. "I am thrilled to share not only previously unseen objects related to Dave's personal journey but also some truly iconic items from his time on television." Prior to the exhibition opening, curators will be taking a digital photo-booth around the local area for members of the public to record a message for Lilli or leave a memory of Dave using green screen technology.
New York Times
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Why Marcella Hazan Is Still Teaching Us How to Cook Italian
In the 1980s, an assistant at Glamour took her romantic life to the next level with the aid of two lemons and a chicken. At the suggestion of one of the magazine's editors, who was more or less following a recipe she'd found in an Italian cookbook, the assistant poked the lemons full of holes, stuffed them into the bird and loaded it into a hot oven. She ate the chicken with her boyfriend. Not long after, he proposed. Intrigued, other assistants tried the lemon-and-chicken trick on their own boyfriends. And lo, it came to pass that the halls of Condé Nast were soon glittering with the sparkle of new diamond rings. The author of the cookbook was Marcella Hazan. If she had never done anything else in her life, Ms. Hazan would still have a guaranteed place in history as the progenitor of Engagement Chicken, a phenomenon so durable it has probably outlasted some of the marriages it was said to inspire. Of course, Ms. Hazan did much more than that. She changed, thoroughly and irreversibly, the way Italian food is cooked, eaten and talked about in the United States. Although it has been 12 years since Ms. Hazan died, at age 89, and more than 30 since she put out a cookbook, nobody has yet overtaken her as the source Americans consult when they want to know how Italians get dinner on the table. The new documentary 'Marcella,' which opens at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan and begins streaming on May 9, ticks through a few of the things we can thank her for: Balsamic vinegar. Sun-dried tomatoes. The idea that there is no single 'Italian cuisine' but many local ones, each with its own constellation of flavors. I saw the movie in April at a screening at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. For the occasion, the curators unwrapped 19 cooking tools the museum acquired from Ms. Hazan's kitchen last year. On display outside the theater were her square-cornered lasagna pan, her vintage garganelli comb adapted from a weaver's loom, a linen apron printed with grapevines in dye made from vinegar and rust, and her wooden risotto spoon, which flares at the bottom like a rowing scull. ('You must never stop stirring,' she once wrote.) Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Daily Mirror
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Wife of late Dave Myers issues sad update about life without Hairy Biker
Dave Myers' wife Liliana Myers has shared an update with fans more than a year after the Hairy Biker star's death. She spoke about the "distressing" times she can experience The wife of the beloved Hairy Biker, Dave Myers, who sadly passed away, has given a heartfelt update on how life can be really "distressing". Dave Myers, famed as one half of the much-loved British TV duo Hairy Bikers alongside Si King, and known for his delightful stint on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013, is fondly remembered more than a year after his death. His wife, Liliana Myers, shared an emotional post on Facebook about her ordeal with grief. She admits no day is ever the same after you've lost a loved one. In her candid message, Liliana talked about her personal journey through grief, acknowledging that everyone's experience of loss is unique and full of challenges. She penned: "Everybody goes through loss in their lives, it's in our human path, and dealing with it isn't a linear process. It's messy and distressing on many levels. "When you're facing loss, you have to reach deeper than your mind can go. You have to lean into love, faith, hope, meaning and purpose - and hold on to them like your life depends on it." Liliana continued: "Some days will feel almost unbearable; others a little lighter. Find what is meaningful for you and hold on to it, because that is what carries you forward. "Your responsibility to yourself is to find out who you are in relation to the world, what makes you unique and what gifts you have to give... and use that as a source of your work. "And if you can just keep moving - from one day to the next, and then the next - little by little, a new version of yourself will begin to emerge." The Hairy Bikers' culinary journey first kicked off with their Cookbook series, which was partly filmed in Romania. It was here that the late Dave Myers met his future wife, Liliana, who was working at a hotel he visited. Despite the distance, their connection remained strong and blossomed into romance when Liliana visited the UK. A touching moment from 2021 stood out in Liliana's memory, as she recalled: "I was blown away by one tiny little thing. "He picked me up from the airport. It was about midnight and he opened the fridge and he said 'what do you want me to cook for you?' I'd never ever in my life had a man cook for me. "So that was the very first thing that just hit me. I was visiting as a friend, but from that moment on my heart just melted." Since speaking out about her grief, Liliana has received an outpouring of support on social media. One fan replied: "You are doing well, sending love to you and all the family. I'm sure Dave is so proud of the way you are sharing your journey. It gives hope to so many." Another said: "Beautiful words written by a special, kind lady with a beautiful heart. Sending you love and huge hugs Liliana Myers. I hope you're doing OK." One touched follower responded: "Lovely words Liliana. One day at a time. Life goes on and we all deal with it as best we can. There is no right or wrong way." Meanwhile, another admirer chimed in with: "Thank you, I needed your words of wisdom today. You are a truly remarkable, warm-hearted lady. Bless you Liliana."
