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" Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. "
Yotam Ottolenghi
Without
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Fried
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" Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating. "
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" Buckwheat, like Marmite and durian, is a seriously divisive foodstuff, so it needs a seriously capable defence team if it's ever going to make it on to most people's dinner tables. "
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" Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened. "
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" As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest. "
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" I have an intense dislike of doctrines, because you will always end up eating your words. "
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" Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown? "
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" 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. "
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" The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue. "
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" 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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" Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup. "
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" New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs. "
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" Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle. "
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" You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet. "
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" 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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" How can something that's 95% water be so divisive? Alone among vegetables, the poor, innocent stick of celery elicits the most vicious attacks. "
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" Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me. "
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" Healthy is in the eye of the beholder. "
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" TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job. "
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" People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich. "
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" My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness. "
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" 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. "
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