Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

For me, there is no better tapa than a really good stuffed olive.

But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.

I like to cook good meals, especially when I have a lot of time.

It's always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.

Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good; the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, therefore, it's expensive.

If I wasn't an actress, I'd like to cook. I'm pretty obsessed by it. Rome was great in that sense, going to amazing cookery bookshops. No wonder their food is good because the quality and wide range of their produce is so good. It's not fair, really.

I like eating, cooking and shopping. It all goes together.

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

I love onions. I cook with them all the time.

I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce.

Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love.

Do you guys have any raw garlic?

There are a whole bunch of people who don't like to shop. But there are also people, maybe, who even do like to shop but are very time pressured. And so shopping online can save people time.

Bring me an order of escargots, but hold the slugs.

Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don't just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y'all know what I'm talking about. If y'all can't cook, this doesn't concern you.

I cook every chance in my pot. And only when it is cooked through do I welcome it as my food.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.

Hunger is never delicate.

And cooking is about balance and harmony.

Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.

I don't go for the nouvelle approach - serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.