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" Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened. "

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" Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Always

Salad

Matter

" Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae. "

" The addition of vinaigrette to freshly roasted vegetables gives them a freshness and juiciness they don't normally have; the acidity brings out new shades of flavour, too. "

" 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. "

" Healthy is in the eye of the beholder. "

" Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge. "

" Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Eating

" I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice 'lifts' the artichoke and balances its hearty nature. "

" I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Find

Rice

" I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Food

Adapt

" Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads. "

" Some breakfast cereals only come into their own as children's party treats: what are cornflakes and Coco Pops for, if not to clump together with melted chocolate and spoon into a cupcake holder? "

" TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job. "

" Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Red

Dark

" If the first bite is with the eye and the second with the nose, some people will never take that third, actual bite if the food in question smells too fishy, fermented or cheesy. "

" I get great pleasure from stuffed foods, from an apple strudel to a vegetable samosa, from a whole roasted bird with a sweet and savoury stuffing to a vine leaf filled with rice and spices. "

" Swiss chard is undervalued in Britain. It's a great substitute for spinach and keeps its shape well. "

" Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies. "

Yotam Ottolenghi

Desserts

Just

" 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. "

" Scamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well. "

" Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting. "

" Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture. "

" If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato. "

" Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again. "

" In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat. "

" 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. "

" Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender. "

" I now understand how varied the world of cultivated rice is; that rice can play the lead or be a sidekick; that brown rice is as valuable as white; and that short-grain rice is the bee's knees. "

" Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic. "

" Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise. "