Food & drink takeaways - 5 September
Food birthdays
1892
African American entrepreneur, chef {header photo - centre} and inventor of the hot roll mix
“Twenty-one different products [recipes] could be made from the base. The product paved the way for the convenience cooking we know today.”
“Lucille Smith eventually launched a food empire at a time when Black women’s cooking was not recognized or rewarded.”
1948
American orientalist, chef, restaurateur, and food writer {header photo - left}. She operated China Moon restaurant in San Francisco and authored “the definitive Chinese cookbook”, The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking
1968
One of the UK's most loved chefs and restaurateurs, Michelin-starred Angela {header photo - right} is known for her sophisticated yet simple, Italy-inspired cooking and her appearances on British television, Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen
Food on screen
1986
First ‘Ramen western’ (as opposed to spaghetti western) – Japanese director Juzo Itami’s Tampopo - premieres at Toronto Film Festival. The comedy movie follows a cook’s efforts to find the perfect recipe for making noodles
2009
Romantic drama movie I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton premieres at the Venice Film Festival featuring one of Time Out magazine’s top 52 best food on film moments
"As Emma, the wife of a rich Milanese industrialist, digs into an exquisite plate of succulent prawns and jewellike vegetables, the dining room fades, sounds reduce to an underwater murmur and senses blur."
2014
Food comedy movie The Hundred-Foot Journey starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri and Manish Dayal opens in UK cinemas – a family leave India for France where they open a restaurant directly opposite a Michelin-starred eatery
A scene from The Hundred-Foot Journey starring Helen Mirren
Food records
2011
Guinness record for the largest stir-fry – weighing 1,818kg (4,010lb) – set by dining services at the University of Massachusetts.
2018
Guinness record for the most carrots chopped in one minute – 53 – created by Germany’s Andre Ortolf in Hamburg
