Yotam Ottolenghi Fresh Quotations

New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs.

Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.

Fresh egg pasta is traditionally served in the north of Italy with butter, cream and rich meat sauces, whereas dried pasta is more at home with the tomato- and olive oil-based ones of the south.

The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness.