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" Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Winter
Roots
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" Hardly any of my most memorable meals have been eaten in a restaurant, and definitely none in one of those fancy marble-floored, polished-silver establishments. "
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" I have yet to meet a carnivore who doesn't love a sausage roll. "
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Sausage
Meet
Love
" The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter. "
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" Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle. "
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Word
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" Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown. "
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Vegetarian
Food
Brown
" As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming. "
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You
More
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" Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online. "
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World
" I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am hooked on Twitter. Not good. "
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Am
Fact
" Good asparagus needs minimal treatment and is best eaten with few other ingredients. "
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Needs
Other
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" When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
People
Father
Wrong
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweet
Sharp
Sauce
" Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Ingredients
Own
List
" For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Cake
Age
Birthday
" Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Vine
Avoid
Cook
" I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Way
White
Animal
" You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
I Am
You
I Am What I Am
" I have an intense dislike of doctrines, because you will always end up eating your words. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Words
Always
Dislike
" I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue. "
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Like
Food
Adapt
" There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong. "
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Now
Kind
Belong
" After all these years of cooking and writing recipes, I am still amazed every time I notice how even the minutest of variation in technique can make a spectacular difference. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
I Am
Time
Cooking
" Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying. "
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Sweet
Find
Job
" Chickpeas are one of my favourite things to serve with chorizo or lamb meatballs; they also work brilliantly as the quiet partner in a vibrant alphonso mango salad. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Partner
Lamb
Quiet
" Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Conflict
You
Very
" A food processor, or even one of those small bowls that fit on a stick blender, is a real treasure. No, that's not an overstatement. "
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Food
Treasure
Even
" There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Orange
Than
Nothing
" Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish. "
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Perfect
Warm
Over
" Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours. "
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Light
Milk
Colour
" I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Whatever
Happily
Guilt
" One Indian-inspired favourite of mine is mashed potato mixed with lemon juice, breadcrumbs, coriander and chilli, shaped into patties, fried and served with chutney and yoghurt. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Juice
Mixed
Shaped
" A lemon, boiled whole and blitzed, makes a useful base for all sorts of dressings. "
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Makes
Lemon
Base