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Polenta is one of those ingredients that in many homes spends its days at the back of the kitchen cupboard, on the 'no one knows quite what to do with it' shelf.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Back
Those
Kitchen
No-One
Days
Knows
Shelf
Cupboard
Quite
Ingredients
Many
Homes
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
Fish cakes are perceived as being quite British, and they're always a bit brown and a little dull.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Bit
Brown
Perceived
Cakes
Always
Fish
Dull
Quite
Being
Little
British
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
In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Time
Vegetables
Long
Long Time
Take
Term
Cuisines
Certain
Use
Cooked
European
Al
Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Home
Me
Too
Recipes
Books
Purely
Frightening
Quite
Full
Many
Even
I do support people eating more vegetables. It's a good thing to do.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Good
People
Vegetables
Eating
More
Good Thing
Support
Thing
Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Eye Of The Beholder
Healthy
Eye
Beholder
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 absorber of things.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Me
Knowledge
Impart
Because
Least
Where
Teaching
Naturally
Thing
Things
If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there.
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Yourself
Taste
Ask
Ingredient
Why
There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Time
Religion
You
Kind
Some
Case
Vegetarianism
Either
Much
Used
Now
Belong
In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
Yotam Ottolenghi
People
World
Eat
Vast
Parts
Meat
These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
Yotam Ottolenghi
People
More
Open
Days
Like
Personal
Meals
Preferences
Themselves
Serve
I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Guilt
Whatever
Happily
When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
Yotam Ottolenghi
People
Father
Some People
Meal
Desserts
Some
Main
He
Put
Wrong
Like
Get
Just
Them
Separate
Cook
Plate
Even
Keep
Serve
Things
Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Men
Think
Say
Bit
Signature
Find
Angle
Most
Make
Unusual
Pasta
Dish
Little
Little Bit
Should
Cook
Your
The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Food
Word
Guardian
Mouth
Journalism
Between
Blog
Blogging
Word-Of-Mouth
Bridges
Gap
Serious
Some breakfast cereals only come into their own as children's party treats: what are cornflakes and Coco Pops for, if not to clump together with melted chocolate and spoon into a cupcake holder?
Yotam Ottolenghi
Together
Party
Own
Breakfast
Melted
Some
Only
Come
Spoon
Children
Holder
Chocolate
Pops
Treats
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