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" Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Vegetables
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" Beetroot is a great salad ingredient, especially when still warm; the colour ain't bad, either. "
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" The difference between brown and white rice is that the former is not milled. With the outer bran and germ intact, the rice is therefore chewier and nuttier. "
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" Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish. "
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" As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest. "
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" Dad likes my food, but he probably thinks it's too busy. He is a wonderful cook but only uses three ingredients. My mum rips out my articles and makes my recipes. "
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" I love dishes that feature the various shades of a single colour, making you stop to check what's in there. "
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" Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have. "
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" Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf. "
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" I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else. "
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" Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient. "
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" Fusion food as a concept is kind of trying to quite consciously fuse things that are sometimes quite contradictory, sometimes quite far apart, to see if they'd work. "
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" Salbitxada is a sharp and lightly sweet Catalan sauce that's traditionally served with calcots - spring or salad onions, grilled whole, make a good substitute. "
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