Quotes by israeli authors

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

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