Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Nothing
Like
Good
Related Quotes:
" Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Ingredients
Many
Stuff
" Chefs don't use white pepper just to avoid spoiling the whiteness of pommes puree or bechamel. It has a more peppery aroma, with sharpness and sweetness, too. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweetness
Use
White
" Brussels sprouts are really quite versatile. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Versatile
Brussels
Quite
" 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
" 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
" Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Ingredients
Own
List
" Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Food
World
Stores
" Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Fish
Vegetables
Meat
" It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Your
Good
Own
" 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
" Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Find
You
World
" 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
" I can't stand recipes that don't have background. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Stand
Background
Recipes
" If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Life
Choose
Go
" Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Fresher
Light
Go
" Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Vine
Avoid
Cook
" 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
" Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Even
Recipes
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
" You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Homemade
Taste
" You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
I Am
You
I Am What I Am
" My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sharp
Intensity
Sweet
" One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Treasure
Food
Man
" 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
" There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Well
Moment
Home
" Healthy is in the eye of the beholder. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Beholder
Eye
Healthy
" When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Down
Battle
Win
" If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Ask
You
Yourself
" Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Seeds
True
Way
" Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sea
Looks
Health