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" These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
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" Like all rice, black rice is great at absorbing flavours, but it's just as happy to act as a satiny bed for a poached egg, say, if you want to keep things simple. "
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