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New York Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Cannonball with Wesley Morris: Has Dining Gotten Too Fine on ‘The Bear'?
Listen to and watch 'Cannonball': Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio Hosted by Wesley Morris Featuring Samin Nosrat Produced by Elyssa DudleyJanelle AndersonJohn White and Austin Mitchell Edited by Lisa Tobin Engineered by Daniel Ramirez Wesley Morris talks with Samin Nosrat, a chef and food writer, about her love-hate relationship with 'The Bear,' a show that's always racing against the clock. She says the best moments, in the show and in our own kitchens, happen when things slow down. You can listen to the show on your favorite podcast app, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio, and you can watch it on YouTube. Cannonball is hosted by Wesley Morris and produced by Elyssa Dudley, John White, Janelle Anderson and Austin Mitchell. The show is edited by Lisa Tobin. The show is engineered by Daniel Ramirez and recorded by Maddy Masiello, Kyle Grandillo and Nick Pitman. It features original music by Dan Powell and Diane Wong. Our theme music is by Justin Ellington. Our video team is Brooke Minters and Felice Leon. This episode was edited by Jamie Hefetz, Pat Gunther and Eddie Costas. Special thanks to Wendy Dorr, Paula Szuchman and Sam Dolnick.
Washington Post
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
If you like rom-coms and cheesecake, you're in luck
Two nonfiction food writers. Two novels about the foibles of the New York culinary scene. Two protagonists with strong feelings about truffle oil. Here, the similarities between 'Food Person,' the quippy, rom-com-ready first novel by Adam Roberts, and Mark Kurlansky's meandering 'Cheesecake' end. For Roberts — best known for his blog-turned-newsletter the Amateur Gourmet — dietary habits reflect individual character. What you eat, and refuse to eat, indicates whether you are a person who values nourishment, pleasure and community or one who seeks self-improvement and power. In 'Cheesecake,' Kurlansky uses food — notably, the evolution of an ancient recipe for cheesecake — to explore a quirky cast of characters who frequent a Greek diner in Manhattan.
Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Queen Camilla's son reveals the common 'myth' about his mother that just isn't true
Tom Parker-Bowles has revealed the one big 'myth' about his mother Queen Camilla that just isn't true - and it's apparently a very common misconception. Queen Camilla's eldest child, 50, who is based in London, unveiled the truth about his mother in the podcast White Wine Question Time. He told host Kate Thornton that while King Charles 's wife is often pictured enjoying a glass of red wine at social engagements, he has 'never even seen her tipsy'. Parker-Bowles said there is a common 'myth' that Queen Camilla likes to 'knock back a gin and tonic with a cigarette'. However, the food critic said his mother 'doesn't drink gin'. She does, admittedly, 'enjoy a glass of red wine', Parker-Bowles says, insisting his mother is a 'sensible' drinker. He said he has never seen Queen Camilla tipsy - and she hasn't smoked for 20 years. Earlier in the podcast, Parker-Bowles revealed that not having a trust fund when he was younger 'probably' saved his life. He told Thornton that he had a trust fund and did not have to work for financial stability, his life would look very different. 'Sadly, no trust fund. You know, actually, it's a good thing not having a trust fund. I'd probably be dead if I'd had one,' Tom said candidly on the podcast's latest episode. He added, 'Obviously, I had to work like everyone. You know, you have to work. It's important. 'So, I stumbled somewhat into food writing, 25 years ago when the landscape was rather different.' Before falling for food writing, Tom worked various jobs, including a brief stint in PR. He recalled, 'I worked for a wonderful film PR company called DDA and they used to run Cannes and you'd be looking after talent.' 'So you'd be taking Alicia Silverstone round London in the '90s or Anna Friel or whatever. So it wasn't exactly the most arduous task for a straight man. It wasn't the most arduous of jobs, but I was always late.' 'I'm still friends with my bosses, Stacey and Dennis, and they're lovely people. But eventually, enough was enough. I got sacked… So anyway, I was sitting around thinking, you know, what the hell am I going to do? Tom later settled on food writing and is now a regular contributor to the Mail on Sunday and Country Life. It comes after Tom recalled the embarrassing gaffe he made when he met Queen Elizabeth II for the first time. The food critic was discussing his new book, Cooking & the Crown, which traces the history of royal culinary cuisine through the tastes and preferences of Britain's king and queens. Speaking to The Independent, Tom said the book was originally only going to include royal recipes and anecdotes between the reigns of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, giving him a 'degree of separation' since he had only met the late monarch twice. The first time was when he was eight, Tom recalled, adding: 'I was so scared that I curtsied rather than bowed.' When greeting the monarch or a member of the royal family, men traditionally bow their heads (a neck bow) while women do a small curtsy. The next time he would meet the late Queen would be on the occasion of Camilla's wedding to King Charles, when he and his sister Laura Lopes 'snuck out for a fag or something' and got lost in Windsor Castle.
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Queen Camilla's son Tom Parker-Bowles says he'd 'probably be dead' if he had a trust fund - and admits he had to work 'like everyone else'
Tom Parker -Bowles has revealed that not having a trust fund when he was younger 'probably' saved his life. Queen Camilla 's eldest child, 50, based in London, delved into the importance work has had on his life in the podcast White Wine Question Time. He told host Kate Thornton that if he had a trust fund and did not have to work for financial stability, his life would look very different. 'Sadly, no trust fund. You know, actually, it's a good thing not having a trust fund. I'd probably be dead if I'd had one,' Tom said candidly on the podcast's latest episode. He added, 'Obviously, I had to work like everyone. You know, you have to work. It's important. 'So, I stumbled somewhat into food writing, 25 years ago when the landscape was rather different.' Before falling for food writing, Tom worked various jobs, including a brief stint in PR. He recalled, 'I worked for a wonderful film PR company called DDA and they used to run Cannes and you'd be looking after talent.' 'So you'd be taking Alicia Silverstone round London in the '90s or Anna Friel or whatever. So it wasn't exactly the most arduous task for a straight man. It wasn't the most arduous of jobs, but I was always late.' 'I'm still friends with my bosses, Stacey and Dennis, and they're lovely people. But eventually, enough was enough. I got sacked… So anyway, I was sitting around thinking, you know, what the hell am I going to do? Tom later settled on food writing and is now a regular contributor to the Mail on Sunday and Country Life. It comes after Tom recalled the embarrassing gaffe he made when he met Queen Elizabeth II for the first time. The food critic was discussing his new book, Cooking & the Crown, which traces the history of royal culinary cuisine through the tastes and preferences of Britain's king and queens. Speaking to The Independent, Tom said the book was originally only going to include royal recipes and anecdotes between the reigns of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, giving him a 'degree of separation' since he had only met the late monarch twice. The first time was when he was eight, Tom recalled, adding: 'I was so scared that I curtsied rather than bowed.' When greeting the monarch or a member of the royal family, men traditionally bow their heads (a neck bow) while women do a small curtsy. The next time he would meet the late Queen would be on the occasion of Camilla's wedding to King Charles, when he and his sister Laura Lopes 'snuck out for a fag or something' and got lost in Windsor Castle. When the brother-sister duo were discovered by the 'magnetic and lovely' Queen, who was accompanied by her beloved corgis, Tom said they 'followed [her] like two rather terrified but awestruck puppies'. Since the queen's death, his book has became somewhat 'closer to home', with Tom including his mother Camilla's recipes as well as the secret to preparing his stepfather's favourite green omelette. Tom appeared on an episode of the ITV1 programme Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh to promote Cooking & the Crown, which was released in September last year. During his segment on the show, Tom shared that food was always an important part of family life when growing up in Wiltshire with his mother and his father, Andrew Parker Bowles, Camilla's first husband. He described Camilla as a 'good cook, a very basic English cook' who hates following recipes and isn't fond of baking. Tom told Titchmarsh: 'My father was, and still is, I was about to say, great gardener, a good gardener in your company. He's a good gardener. He was very obsessed with his vegetable garden, so we... could follow the seasons through the garden. 'And my mother was a good cook. Still is a good cook, a very basic English cook. Didn't like baking, didn't like measurements... no scales, And no recipes either. 'You know, her roast chicken, I bang on about endlessly... "well, you just do it." So you'd have to sort of watch.' Queen Camilla acknowledged her culinary skills are 'limited' in an interview with Tom Tom in Mail On Sunday's You magazine in 2022. Describing her culinary style as 'nothing too mucked about, or fussy or fiddly', Camilla said she learnt to cook by watching her mother, Rosalind Shand, who made food the 'heart' of family life. 'One of my earliest memories is podding those peas and beans with my mother, an accomplished cook,' she said. 'I learnt from my mother. I've never followed a recipe in my life. 'On Friday nights, we were allowed to choose our dinner,' she recalled. 'I always went for frozen chicken pie, much to my mother's despair.' Tom recently also revealed his mother Camilla isn't a part of their family's WhatsApp group, because she still uses an old Nokia brick phone 'for security reasons'. He also confessed he has a hard time getting a hold of his mother since she became Britain's Queen Consort, adding he only learns of her whereabouts when Tom sees her on TV. He told Woman & Home magazine: 'She's working a lot harder, she's always worked quite hard [so] it's still the case of, I ring my mother, she doesn't answer, I look on the television [and think] "Ah! She's in Jersey."' Royal fans will not be surprised to learn about the Queen's choice of phone, as she has previously revealed she tells off her grandchildren for using their phones at the dinner table. Speaking to the Mail in 2022 ahead of her 75th birthday Camilla expressed her concerns about social media, which she described as a 'double-edged sword ', and admitted she often tells her grandchildren to put their 'flipping' phones away. 'Families don't sit down any longer, do they, and have dinner,' she said. 'Because I am ancient, in the old days we all sat down [to eat]. Now everyone is on their devices. It just makes me quite cross!' Tom shares two children, 17-year-old daughter Lola and 15-year-old son Freddy, with his ex-wife Sara Buys.
New York Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Meet Our New Restaurant Critics
This morning, The Times announced that Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan are our new chief restaurant critics. It's the first time the job is being shared by two people and the first time we're not trying to hide their faces. Also, they will be filing full-length, starred reviews from around the country, not just New York City. You can read more about how it will all work here. Tejal lives in Los Angeles, and joined The Times in 2016 after working as a restaurant critic at The Village Voice and Bloomberg News. Ligaya, who wrote our Hungry City restaurant column from 2012 to 2020 and has been an Eat columnist at the Times Magazine and a writer at large for T Magazine, is in Manhattan. I asked them about their early restaurant memories, how they read menus, what they eat at home and what scares them about the gig. First of all, congratulations! This is both a dream job and very daunting. How's it feel? What are you most looking forward to — and what are you most worried about? Tejal: It's exactly that: dreamy and daunting. I have a running list of all the things I'm worried about, and my therapist is on vacation this week — I'll save it for her! Ligaya: What I've always loved most in writing about restaurants is how much I learn. It's an entry point not only to a particular cuisine, but to a part of New York — and, now, of America — I might not otherwise have a chance to know. As for worries: I want to do justice to every place I visit, and I hope I will. It doesn't matter that I've been a writer for years — the blank page is always slightly terrifying. I'll try to keep in mind what the head of my daughter's school once told me: 'I don't worry. I do the work.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
