I used to think that homemade food gifts were a bit showoffy. At a time when most of us are frantically writing to-do lists and …
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Thanksgiving and beyond: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for roast spiced duck and stuffing biscuits | Thanksgiving
The older I get, the more I find myself leaning into tradition. There’s just something so comforting about a list of ingredients that stays pretty …
Beet and orange chaat, boozy fruit topping: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for festive snacks | Snacks
Canapes, finger food, snacks, nibbles: whatever we call them and whatever occasion we’re making them for, these bits-and-bobs foods are very often my favourite thing …
Dressed roast squash and chicken and chips: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for autumn comfort | Food
’Tis the season for the traybake, for the vegetables that are the colour of autumn leaves, for the carbs we need to coat and sustain …
Squash ‘carbonara’ and kimchi tofu soup: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for easy midweek meals | Main course
What makes a midweek meal a midweek meal? The term implies that bandwidth is fairly low, so something pretty straightforward is called for. Anything that …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for curries with crunch | Curry
Curry: one word, big subject! The word derives from kari, the Tamil word for “sauce”, which clearly covers a lot of ground (for those interested …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s tinned fish recipes for students | Student cooking
Good-quality oily fish, packed in (even more) oil and preserved in a jar or tin: in my book, that’s the pantry staple gift that keeps …
Crisp soy chicken biryani and blackberry rice pudding: Yotam Ottolenghi’s comforting rice recipes | Rice
I could eat my own body weight in pasta, but when I want to dial up the comfort in my cooking, I usually turn to …
Meatball pastry puffs and a dip for crisps: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with kids | Snacks
There’s often a gulf between the way that cooking with kids is portrayed – everyone smiling at each other adoringly, working together in harmony and …
Cherry trifle and coconut fruit salad: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for summer fruit | Fruit
Nothing says summer to me more than a bowl of cherries. Or peaches. Or nectarines. When I’m not eating a piece of fruit just as …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for chilled summer soups | Soup
Having moved on from hot soup season (well, just about, anyway, considering summer’s been pretty rubbish so far), we need to delight in chilled soup …
Roast cabbage, swede and carrot, and butternut squash: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for winter vegetables | Food
I absolutely adore winter veg, and won’t hear a bad word said against them. Yes, they’re often big and white and root and raw. In …
From meatballs to cheesy potatoes: Yotam Ottolenghi’s winter soups – recipes | Soup
If there’s one thing that’s certain in the recipe-writing calendar, it’s the inclusion of soups in the January roster. The thing that prevents this from …
Baked cheese, glazed sausages and veggie dip: Yotam Ottolenghi’s easy recipes to usher in the new year | New year
Whether you’re having a big get-together or lying low on the sofa, seeing out the year with good food is always a good idea. The …
Peanut brittle, spoon sweets and advocaat: Yotam Ottolenghi’s homemade Christmas gifts – recipes | Christmas food gifts
Nothing tells me that someone is all over Christmas more than an edible, homemade gift. It’s such a busy time of year – the downside …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s vegetarian Christmas: rice pie, sticky sprouts and yoghurty beans – recipes | Christmas food and drink
Don’t let the absence of a big bird get in the way of having a Christmas centrepiece. As no vegetarian needs pointing out, far from …
Roast chicken and super salads: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for an alfresco feast | Summer food and drink
Dining outdoors can be a joy, as long as everything comes together just so. You can’t control the elements, so it’s useful to be all …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for quick summer cooking | Summer food and drink
Summer is not a time for spending too long in the kitchen. Cook we must, though, as eat we always will, so here are some …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s picnic and camping recipes | Picnics
Camping, festivals, picnics: people love to make out that such activities are super-relaxed, chilled and sort of happen all by themselves. It’s a ruse, though. …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s breakfasts from around the world – recipes | Breakfast
I love seeing what people are eating for breakfast. In our test kitchen, for example, there’s a range of wonderfully different things in everyone’s morning …