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Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli
Chef
Born:
Dec 14
,
1968
Cooking
Food
Great
People
Sweet
You
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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
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
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