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" New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Pink
Fresh
Shoulder
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" Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick rises in blood sugar levels. It also has a nice, mild flavour. "
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Nice
Low
" I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result. "
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Result
Too Much
" 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. "
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Will
Water
" Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together. "
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Years
Dim
Over
" Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth. "
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Sweet
Arabic
Cooking
" One of the troubles with food is that people take themselves too seriously. This is why I'm very happy for people to change my recipes, alter them, replace one ingredient for another. "
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Change
People
" Vegetarians in general don't like me. "
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Me
Like
" The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit. "
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Kitchen
Crush
Tough
" I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects. "
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Pastry
Said
Years
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Enough
Water
Pasta
" Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes. "
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Oil
Olive
Some
" Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish. "
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Perfect
Warm
Over
" Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting. "
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Vegetables
Your
Ideal
" Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo. "
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Oil
Tokyo
Return
" Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could. "
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Together
People
Way
" Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get. "
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Cooking
Fish
Time
" If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father. "
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Food
Father
Honest
" I love my garlic press; in fact, it is probably my one true desert island gadget. But I'm happy to put it aside whenever the smell and sweet taste of slow-cooked garlic is called for. "
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Desert
Happy
True
" Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by. "
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Sharpness
Come
Hard
" Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have. "
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Amount
Type
Differ
" I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue. "
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Like
Food
Adapt
" Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish. "
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Think
Find
Men
" My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness. "
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Almost
Cheesy
Classic
" 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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Play
White
Understand
" Barley and mushroom is a soothing combination. It's mainly a textural thing, with the barley both gently breaking and enhancing the mushroomy gloopiness. "
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Breaking
Soothing
Both
" Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores. "
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Food
World
Stores
" I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world. "
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World
Cooking
People
" Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard. "
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Orange
Magical
Blossom
" The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes. "
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Recipes
Unlikely
Some