Comments on: A Dinner of Righteous Maturity to conclude a three lolly bag weekend

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:25:20 +0000

mr Ottolenghi is very dishy <- I see what you did there!

By: emica

emica — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:08:35 +0000

oooh! I wanted to make cucumber & poppyseed last night, but the Turks didn’t have any which seems somehow odd. So I’m making it tonight along with mum’s carrot, cashew and coriander salad, except with hazelenuts because that’s what I’ve got and I’m allergic to actually following an actual recipe.

I treated myself to lunch at Ottolenghi’s today. I had the most delicious thing I have ever eaten: green bean salad with mushrooms, tarragon and truffle oil. Oh my lord it was good! It was atmospheric (really!).

I agree Zoe, mr Ottolenghi is very dishy. I keep hoping he’ll turn up at the Islington cafe and engage me in deep conversation about… sprouts or something…anything…

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:07:40 +0000

The Ottolenghi book is about No. 2 on my “Top 5 cookbooks I got this year which you really want too, if you know what’s good for you”.

We had the cucumber and poppyseed salad on Christmas day, but the best reception was for the two chicken dishes I made for Owen’s birthday in September – one with honey, saffron and nuts, and one with sumac. Beautiful food. I am staggered too, that noone seems to mention the extreme handsomeness of Mr Ottolenghi, as pictured in his book. Grrr.

By: emica

emica — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:16:31 +0000

i just found this older post and wanted to comment because, after a week of Christmas indulgence, where my diet consisted of turkey, ham, pudding, cheese, nuts and various forms of alcohol (on repeat), plus basically a month of drinking, last night I made a selection of salads with pita bread and it felt goooood!

One of my Christmas pressies from The Man was the Ottolenghi cookbook, my absolute favourite cafe, and a couple of the salads came from the book:

cauliflower with dill and caper dressing
charred eggplant & pomegranate molasses dip mmmmm
my best ever coleslaw. I make the best slaw. Fact.

plus some yummy Bulgarian feta and grilled peppers from the Turkish mini market.

Ahhh did me a power of good :)

I think I’ll pop over to Ottolenghi for lunch on my week off. Bliss!

By: There is a food for every occasion « Inner City Garden

There is a food for every occasion « Inner City Garden — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:13:18 +0000

[...] Veggies plus salt and cheese, and not just any veggie, it’s the veggie with the highest Righteous Maturity [...]

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:28:33 +0000

Well not you exactly, you and the others ; )

He doesn’t like dahl much, but he’s pretty a good eater of veggies.

By: Cristy

Cristy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:07:32 +0000

Interestingly Lily loves dahl and rice. She really is doomed to be a mini-hippy, poor child.

By: Cristy

Cristy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:02:55 +0000

“Fortunately Sage is not one of those kids who realises that “chicken” is chicken, and bursts into tears before embarking on a life of veganism.”

mmm, I feel my ears burning…