Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Being
Fresh
Green
Related Quotes:
" 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
" 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. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Wonderful
Busy
Cook
" Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Good
Substitute
" 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
" You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Homemade
Taste
" Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Apart
Healing
Famous
" 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
" Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Moment
Always
Table
" Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Oil
Olive
Some
" Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Used
Rice
Red
" On many occasions, an informal buffet and casual seating offer a little more intimacy than a loud gathering around a big table. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
More
Table
Intimacy
" Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Spice
Richness
Makes
" The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Serious
Bridges
Food
" 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
" 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
" In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Long
Vegetables
Time
" The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Rice
Food
Every Day
" 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
" Panko are the elite of the breadcrumb world because they stay so crunchy and light. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Elite
Stay
Because
" Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Union
Love
Me
" Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Light
Way
Vegetables
" 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
" I have an intense dislike of doctrines, because you will always end up eating your words. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Words
Always
Dislike
" 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
" Healthy is in the eye of the beholder. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Beholder
Eye
Healthy
" For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Bird
Think
People
" My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Food
Delicate
Makes
" My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Almost
Cheesy
Classic
" Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Could
Over
Pasta
" When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Down
Battle
Win