Steaming maintains some of the aubergine flesh's texture, which doesn't happen if you cook it in any other way. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Hardly any of my most memorable meals have been eaten in a restaurant, and definitely none in one of those fancy marble-floored,… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
I have an intense dislike of doctrines, because you will always end up eating your words. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
If the first bite is with the eye and the second with the nose, some people will never take that third, actual bite if… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
You can be vegetarian and eat fish. Its your choice, just say: I am what I am. There are no hardcore divisions anymore. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Fish cakes are perceived as being quite British, and they're always a bit brown and a little dull. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Chinese sausage, which is widely available from Asian grocers and online, is sweet, rich, and enticingly smoky. I add it to steamed rice with… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
