Experiencing a melting pot of flavours  By Stephen Jewell
Legendary London restaurateur and chef Ottolenghi returns to the
melting pot flavours of his Jerusalem youth.  Yotam Ottolenghi
(right) and Sami Tamimi co-wrote Jeruasalem. Photo /  Jonathan
Lovekin  If there is one place that is as close to Yotam
Ottolenghi's heart as his hometown - which he celebrates in his
latest book, Jerusalem - it would have to be London. For even
though they were born in the same year and grew up on opposite
sides of the same city, the 43-year-old Jew acknowledges he
probably wouldn't have crossed paths with his Palestinian
business partner and co-author Sami Tamimi if he hadn't moved to
Britain in 1997.  Now, a decade after opening the first branch
of Ottolenghi in Islington, he now not only runs five
restaurants with his good friend but has also penned three
cookbooks, including 2010 bestseller Plenty.  "I don't think the
creative and professional relationship that I have with Sami
would have survived under the pressures of