Before her cookbooks on Indian cuisine made her famous in Britain,

actress Madhur Joffrey was schooled by cooks in her home country back in Delhi.

They had a unique way of explaining what went into their traditional recipes.

And I would say, how do you make it?

She says, oh my child, what can I tell you?

It is made with the dew that comes from heaven.

BBC correspondent Nick Bryant has noticed how the kind of car you drive has become quite the status

symbol in India.

If you've got an Indian car, then you're probably just enter the middle class.

If you've got a Japanese car, then you're a bit above that. If you got a

European car like a BMW or a Mercedes, then you've really arrived.

Plus friends from Italy explain how Italians control what looks like chaos to outsiders.

You can even predict when the rail lines will go on strike.

Like so much else in Italy, it's seasonal.

You'll never have a strike in July and August because they're off on vacation. Why would they strike?

Get personal with India and Italy in the hour ahead.

It's travel with Rick Steeves.

When you step into the bustling streets of a city in India for the first time, the

century overload can be overwhelming until you make a few friends.

Hi, I'm Rick Steve's. Coming up shortly on today's travel with Rick Steeves,

Madhoor Joffrey gives us a delightfully personal look

at the India she grew up in during the days before

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