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Yotam Ottolenghi

Chef and Cookbook Author

Yotam Ottolenghi is an Israeli-born British chef and the author of the New York Times best-selling cookbooks Plenty, Ottolenghi, Plenty More, NOPI, Sweet, and Jerusalem, which was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation. He lives in London, where he co-owns an eponymous group of restaurants and the fine-dining restaurant Nopi. He spends much of his time creating and testing recipes for his column in the Guardian, on-going cookery books, and programs for television. When he is not creating and cooking, testing, tasting, and tweaking, he is overseeing the day-to-day running of the shops and restaurants. And when he is not doing this, he tries very hard to do something other than eat. Family life and pilates are his much-loved distractions. ottolenghi.co.uk

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Black Pepper Tofu

You will definitely surprise yourself with this one. It is an extremely delicious dish that's quick and straightforward to make, but looks as if it's been prepared at a top Chinese restaurant. It is fiery, both from the chiles and the black pepper; you can moderate this by reducing their quantity a little. However, the whole point is spiciness so don't go too far.
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Mango and Coconut Rice Salad

Everybody knows now that the undisputed king of mangoes is the Indian Alphonso. It is intensely sweet and has an unbeatable perfumed aroma. I'd go as far as saying that you haven't tasted a real mango until you've tried an Alphonso (and nobody is paying me for this). The season, though, is very short—mid-April to the end of May—so try to prepare this salad then.
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Eggplant With Buttermilk Sauce

I can't think of a more rustically elegant (is that a contradiction in terms?) starter. Serve with some robust white bread or pita and you are, literally, in food heaven. In the recipe you'll find Sami Tamimi's technique for getting the seeds out of the pomegranate, which I am afraid is now a very well-known secret.