Rick Stein’s India episode 4: Rick Stein arrives in the cultural city of Lucknow, reputed to be the curry capital of India and possibly the world. He explores this former Moghul stronghold in search for the best chicken korma and learns the complexities of making the perfect pulao. He is told that the food of Lucknow is the ultimate party […]
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Rick Stein’s India episode 3: Rick Stein arrives in the southern town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu – the land of temples. Here, he learns the art of temple cooking and perfects the knack of eating with his hands. He samples the famous south Indian sambar before taking a road trip across the spice-laden Western Ghats to the land of
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Rick Stein’s India episode 2: Rick Stein explores the melting pot that is Mumbai in search of the bombil, the fish that immortalised Bombay duck. He also gets to enjoy Parsee hospitality and learn about their contribution to Indian cuisine. Further south in the town of Pondicherry, his search for the perfect curry takes in fusion cooking as local residents
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Rick Stein’s India episode 1: Rick Stein begins his Indian journey by exploring the regions that began Britain’s love affair with curry – Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The British influence in Kolkata and Chennai remains strong to this day and Rick enjoys the prominence of fish and seafood in so many of their dishes, flavoured with mustard in Kolkata and
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Rick Stein’s Secret France episode 1: Rick Stein embarks on a new journey through the byways of France, from the Channel to the Mediterranean, always on the look out for things where we, the British, could learn from the French to enhance our lives. Rick’s journey begins in the Norman port of Dieppe with turbot straight off the
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A Cook Abroad episode 5 – Rick Stein’s Australia: Rick Stein is in Australia, a country he fell in love with on his first visit at the age of 19. On a journey in search of the ingredients revolutionising Australian cooking, Rick sets off from his new home in Mollymook, New South Wales, up to Sydney before flying to Tasmania.
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 30: In the final episode, Rick visits the Rame Peninsula. Far from the traditional tourist track, this part of Cornwall is famed for its cliffs and beaches. Rick also meets a beachcomber who has found some remarkable objects washed up on the shore. In mining country, Rick explores the history of the Cornish pasty and shows
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 29: In Newlyn, he meets two entrepreneur chefs who cook mackerel to perfection. In the town of Looe, Rick learns about a time when the Cornish were taken as slaves by North African pirates. He joins one of the last fishing boats in St Mawes and uses the catch of lemon sole to make a warm,
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 28: On the banks of the River Tamar, Rick visits a little-known mausoleum with a rather macabre story. On the wild Atlantic coast, near Bedruthan Steps, he meets fellow chef Emily Scott, who recreates the meal she cooked for President Joe Biden during the recent G7 summit. And Rick takes to the waves with an inspirational
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 27: Following in the footsteps of Turner, one of Britain’s most loved artists, Rick discovers how much the Cornish landscape influenced his work. At Newlyn Fish Market, Rick counts in the daily catch with the head auctioneer, who tells him how the market has adapted to modern times. Surrounded by beautifully fresh fish, Rick takes away
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 26: Rick joins a team diving for razor clams, which he takes back to the kitchen to make a quick but tasty dish of grilled shangurro clams. At the end of Newlyn Pier, Rick visits a scruffy little hut that until recently played a huge part in determining the height of everything around us. And in
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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 25: In our fields and hedgerows are plants that are delicious as well as plants that are deadly, as Rick learns from a professional forager who takes him on a tour around the beautiful Camel Estuary. Inspired, Rick creates his own version of a Greek Horta pie with foraged greens. Afterwards, it’s a trip
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