Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes

My go-to winter recipe is beef and butternut squash stew, cooked in the slow oven all day.

Casseroles don't have to be about canned ingredients and vegetables you normally wouldn't even think of eating alone, much less stuck in between layers of sauce and breadcrumbs. They can vary from everyone's favorite all-time casserole, macaroni and cheese, to the ultimate English casserole, Shepherd's Pie.

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

I don't eat steak often, maybe once a month. But when I do, it really hits the spot. When you're done with your steak and your mashed potatoes and your green beans, you really know you've had dinner.

I very much like potatoes.

I love potatoes - roast potatoes, mashed potatoes - I just love potatoes.

There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie.

Meatloaf was a pretty big part of our family, and the meatloaf sandwiches were even more.

There's something about fall that very much translates into those nurturing, nostalgic food flavors. It's the season where you can really make the marriage of fresh produce with spices and aromatics.

The one thing I still love is mint choc chip ice cream - the really fluorescent kind.

I love breakfast! Not only is it the most important meal of the day, but I loved waking up to - the smell of bacon in the morning was my favorite thing as a kid!

For me the best food in the world is New British. It's quite classical cooking with really simple but good-quality ingredients. I also like top-end restaurants and pub grub done well.

I'm a steak and potato guy.

Some great soups are filling and warm. So, at the four o'clock hour, when people are craving caffeine and a cookie, soup is a really great option because it fills you up and feels like a meal, so it can keep you going until dinner, but it's not hugely caloric.

There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings.

My favorite was always smothered pork chops. Smothered pork chops. That would be my request if I ever had one, and it was pretty consistent.

I've always joked that my food memoirs will be titled 'Brutta ma Buona,' the phrase Italians use to describe food that's delicious but rustic-looking at best: ugly but good.

My grandma's chicken soup is amazing: so simple, so full of flavour, and so yummy.

I cannot stand when you go to a wedding and get fed tiny portions. I want everyone to have a good feed on my wedding day, so I plan on having several types of sausage, mash, and gravy up for grabs. Every guest will have a Yorkshire pudding, too!

I always try and have a snack before an event - usually a small bowl of chickpea pasta, which is quick to make and delicious with just salt and pepper and a little bit of butter.

My favourite meal is probably chicken with penne pasta and pesto.

I like Thai food, Jamaican stews with yam, pumpkin and sweet potato.

Most people think to make green bean casserole around Thanksgiving and Christmas, but honestly, I make this dish more during the summer, when green beans can be found fresh at the market. I think it is the perfect meal when served with crusty bread, a bountiful salad, and a cup or two of wine.

The good thing is, the season of chocolates is during the cold months. During the cold months, I can send ground.

I eat very simple food, really. A lot of it tending towards nursery food.