Quotes by Chefs

Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you. Yotam Ottolenghi

You Conflict Mind State Bother Very Much

I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result. Yotam Ottolenghi

Love Result Sometimes Too Much Degree Lost Too Dining Fine About Because Effort Little To Love Much Used Appetite

When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down. Yotam Ottolenghi

Battle Win Down

Yogurt sauce, as you may have noticed by now, is a regular presence in my recipes - that's because it has the ability to round up so many flavours and textures like no other component does. Yotam Ottolenghi

You Other Recipes Component Ability Like Because Does Up Textures Yogurt May Regular Noticed Many Now Round Presence Sauce

My father always cooks more polenta than he needs for a meal. The excess he spreads on an oiled surface and chills. Next day, he cuts out chunks, fries them in olive oil and serves with salad. Yotam Ottolenghi

Day Needs Father Meal Chunks Out More Excess He Always Surface Spreads Salad Fries Than Oil Chills Them Cuts Next Cooks Serve Olive Olive Oil

Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles. Yotam Ottolenghi

Winter Mean

Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes. Yotam Ottolenghi

Some Stirred Greek Yogurt Oil Dishes Transform Many Olive Olive Oil

Recipes can be incredibly vague where chillies are concerned. Yotam Ottolenghi

Recipes Incredibly Concerned Where Vague

Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic. Yotam Ottolenghi

Bite Harsh Bitter Raw Garlic

For those, like me, who can't rely on being given a home smoker this Christmas, you can build your own approximation with just a roll of tin foil and a big wok or pan for which you have a lid. Yotam Ottolenghi

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not. Yotam Ottolenghi

Own Every Later Considered Era Years Exotic List Then Ingredients

I like to add something unusual to a dish. Yotam Ottolenghi

Add Something Like Unusual Dish

Dad likes my food, but he probably thinks it's too busy. He is a wonderful cook but only uses three ingredients. My mum rips out my articles and makes my recipes. Yotam Ottolenghi

Food Wonderful Three Busy Too Recipes Out Only He Likes Makes Articles Ingredients Cook Uses Dad Mum Thinks

Tel Aviv is the most exciting place to eat in Israel. Yotam Ottolenghi

Eat Exciting Most Israel Place

There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good. Yotam Ottolenghi

Good Old Nothing Lasted Recipe Like Then

I can't stand recipes that don't have background. Yotam Ottolenghi

Recipes Background Stand

If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father. Yotam Ottolenghi

Food Mother Father Both Am Quite Far Actually Honest

I enjoy meat, but I can do without it. Yotam Ottolenghi

Enjoy Without Meat

Vegetarians in general don't like me. Yotam Ottolenghi

Me General Like

The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit. Yotam Ottolenghi

Culture Tough Sets Out Spirit Kitchen Civilized Crush Last