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" Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Meat
Chicken
Work
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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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" When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking. "
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" 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. "
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" Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Dark
Go
" 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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" It's hard to beat the rough texture of steel-cut oats, with their slight resistance against the teeth. "
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Against
Beat
" Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks. "
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Because
Leaves
" If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato. "
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Would
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" Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish. "
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" 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. "
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" Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not. "
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Own
List
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Vegetables
Too
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Little
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London
Eat
" Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet. "
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Vegetarian
Still