How Lucknow’s good taste earned it a place in global gastronomy

“Lucknow,” says Pankaj Bhadouria, India’s first MasterChef, “doesn’t merely serve food. It stages a cultural performance around it.”
To generations of gourmets and gourmands — or just about anyone who has stopped in their tracks, mesmerised by a whiff of biryani, a stray tendril of kebab smoke, or the nuanced flavours of malai kulfi — this may be obvious.

But now, the food has brought the City of Nawabs international acclaim, earning it a

Unesco

tag.