Top 176 Quotes by Yotam Ottolenghi

Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.

Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.

Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.

There are tons of wonderful places to eat in London.

Scamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well.

Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish.

A lemon, boiled whole and blitzed, makes a useful base for all sorts of dressings.

Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened.

Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads.

I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.