Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Texture
Rice
Own
Related Quotes:
" Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Cooking
Meals
Eating
" 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
" 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
" Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Supper
Much
Believe
" Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Face
Own
Soup
" Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Pasta
Rice
Italy
" Polenta is one of those ingredients that in many homes spends its days at the back of the kitchen cupboard, on the 'no one knows quite what to do with it' shelf. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Kitchen
Ingredients
Many
" Yogurt sauce, as you may have noticed by now, is a regular presence in my recipes - that's because it has the ability to round up so many flavours and textures like no other component does. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Now
Ability
Like
" There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Unique
Evening
Eating
" A lemon, boiled whole and blitzed, makes a useful base for all sorts of dressings. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Makes
Lemon
Base
" A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Must
Bowl
Perfect
" A great fig should look like it's just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Great
Sweet
Spring
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Kind
Food
See
" Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Ingredient
Because
Leaves
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
More
Sweet
" Middle Eastern cuisine has the same depth of ingredients and processes as other cuisines. They just haven't had as much exposure. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Same
Processes
Depth
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Germ
Difference
Brown
" Panko are the elite of the breadcrumb world because they stay so crunchy and light. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Elite
Stay
Because
" Even in the busiest kitchen, there's always a point at the end of the day when you go home. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Day
Kitchen
Home
" Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Spice
Richness
Makes
" Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Morning
Pastry
Way
" The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Garlic
Spirits
Oil
" Most of my recipes start life in the domestic kitchen, and even those that start out in the restaurant kitchen have to go through the domestic kitchen. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Kitchen
Go
Life
" Kibbeh comes in all forms, but most feature bulgur and meat. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Forms
Feature
Most
" Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you are not normally up for a great culinary challenge. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Challenge
You
Up
" There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Nothing
Like
Good
" Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Important
Food
Family
" The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Kitchen
Crush
Tough
" Vegetarians in general don't like me. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
General
Me
Like
" When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Down
Battle
Win