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I really don't do much on the night of Thanksgiving other than bring the wine and carve the turkey. My contribution comes the day after, in the form of breakfast. I usually just forage through the leftovers for things that will go well with eggs. Wylie Dufresne

My mother made the best scrambled eggs, super-loose and soft. Wylie Dufresne

Best Mother Made Eggs Scrambled Soft

I think I can poach a pretty mean egg the old-fashioned way. Wylie Dufresne

Think Way Pretty Egg Mean Old-Fashioned Old-Fashioned Way

We have a funny sort of love/hate relationship with critics because, unfortunately, in the art/commerce dance that we do, they drive people to the restaurant. Regardless of sometimes how well we prepare the food, if people don't know that we're out there, if someone isn't talking about us, you guys aren't coming. Wylie Dufresne

Funny Food Relationship You People Sometimes Dance Drive Out Restaurant Critics About Someone Guys Know Well Sort Talking Because How Coming You Guys Regardless Unfortunately Us Prepare

It's a funny thing, but it's often overlooked that I'm a huge devout lover of French cooking. I have the utmost respect for them, though they have lost their respect for me because they think the way I cook is nutty. Wylie Dufresne

I would like to, at some point, do a cookbook. Wylie Dufresne

Would Some Point Like Cookbook

I've seen cookbooks from lots of great chefs that have been disappointing. A book, to me, it has to have a story. Some of these people, they open a restaurant, and one year later, there's a cookbook. There's not much of a story yet. Wylie Dufresne

Great Me Book People Seen Year Later Restaurant Some Open Disappointing Chefs Year Later Been Lots Story Much Cookbook Cookbooks

Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again. Yotam Ottolenghi

Cheese Melted One Thing Eat Could Over Pasta The One Thing Again Thing

The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur. Yotam Ottolenghi

Differences Between Pie Tart Blur

There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening. Yotam Ottolenghi

Better Think Cold Plenty Citrus Eating Hot Freshness Noodles Any Sweaty Use Chopsticks Unique Evening Herbs

A great fig should look like it's just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet. Yotam Ottolenghi

I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that. Yotam Ottolenghi

Truth Long Guess Some Having Been Very Accused Lists Ingredient

It's hard to beat the rough texture of steel-cut oats, with their slight resistance against the teeth. Yotam Ottolenghi

Against

Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form. Yotam Ottolenghi

School Inordinately Entails System Someone Fond Through Shape Baggage School System Am Culinary Go Any Form Custard Speaking Who

The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter. Yotam Ottolenghi

Winter Spirits Lifts Combination Juice Oil Lemon Garlic Olive Olive Oil

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

Birthday Me Age Cake Entire Longer Around Came End Reflected Decade Represent Childhood Candle Candles Then Each Number

Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown. Yotam Ottolenghi

Food Brown Vegetarian Stereotypical Looks Gray

My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and bread crumbs. Yotam Ottolenghi

Made Sweet Potatoes Cabbage Crumbs Red She Cauliflower Maternal Ox Bread Lovely Fantastic Grandmother Cooked Butter Tongue

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. Yotam Ottolenghi

World Valuable White Sidekick Brown Varied Lead Knees Understand How Bee Cultivated Rice Now Play

New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs. Yotam Ottolenghi

Perfect Fresh Mixture Pink Lamb Shoulder Cooked Platform Herbs

Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person. Yotam Ottolenghi

Believe Supper Person Fan Shortcut Much Next

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