His family's "survival meal" of potato skins with vegetables now stars on the menu at former Afghan refugee Chef Noori's restaurant, The Mantu. Try the recipe.
Hamidullah Noori was 8 years old when his father, uncle and cousin were killed by Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the eldest son, he soon went to work to support his family, selling boiled potatoes and balloons from a pushcart. Violence and flight have shaped his life ever since.