Yotam Ottolenghi

5 days ago | ottolenghi.substack.com | Yotam Ottolenghi

Here's a film to watch at the start of every summer - Little Miss Sunshine. The story follows this dysfunctional family on a cross-country journey in a yellow VW bus that barely makes it. I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it, but there's this scene near the end where Olive, the young daughter, performs at a beauty pageant to Rick James' Super Freak. Her dance is totally inappropriate for the setting - uninhibited, awkward, joyful. Olive has this endless supply of optimism.

2 weeks ago | ottolenghi.substack.com | Yotam Ottolenghi

I've been receiving some animated memos about our colour-coded bookshelf... Apparently, it's ‘completely impractical.’ Surely we should organise alphabetically or by cuisine or some other system that makes logical sense? My colleague Gitai arranged the test kitchen shelves by colours a few years back and it stuck somehow. It's a bit precious, I know, but that rainbow of spines just makes us all very happy. Function with a side of beauty. I'm standing firmly by it.

2 weeks ago | ellegourmet.ca | Yotam Ottolenghi

By taking quintessential puttanesca ingredients, like capers and fresh herbs herbs, commonly used with pasta and transferring them onto salmon, this Ottolenghi recipe levels up your healthy weeknight dinner ideas. This comforting sheet pan recipe from our favourite Ottolenghi cookbook is a quick dinner idea to get on the table quickly. Plus, the addition of French green beans and cherry tomatoes add colour and flavour. Puttanesca is a flavourful pasta sauce originating from Naples, Italy.

2 weeks ago | ottolenghi.substack.com | Yotam Ottolenghi

So much of what I do involves gathering ideas from different sources, processing them, and then turning them into recipes for the hungry cooking public. The greatest accolade is when one of these hits the spot and then becomes a household staple somewhere. “I have to tell you”, someone might say, “your soba noodles are on quick rotation in our house, and now my grownup kids cook it for their own families”. Music to my ears.

3 weeks ago | ottolenghi.substack.com | Yotam Ottolenghi

I am happily hopping on the Australian bandwagon this week (especially with ANZAC day this Friday) and stopping for a moment to look at two bakes that have made their way into my kitchen over the years. It started with Helen Goh, whose brilliant Australian sensibility has shaped so much of what we do.