Claudia Roden

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Claudia Roden


Born
Cairo, Egypt
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Claudia Roden was brought up in Cairo. She finished her education in Paris and later studied art in London. Starting as a painter she was drawn to the subject of food partly through a desire to evoke a lost heritage - one of the pleasures of a happy life in Egypt.
With her bestselling classic, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, first published in 1968, Roden revolutionized Western attitudes to the cuisine of the Middle East. Her intensely personal approach and her passionate appreciation of the dishes delighted readers, while she introduced them to a new world of foods, both exotic and wholesome. The book received great critical acclaim.
Mrs Roden continued to write about food with a special interest in the social and historical background of coo
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Average rating: 4.18 · 7,785 ratings · 336 reviews · 50 distinct worksSimilar authors
The New Book of Middle East...

4.14 avg rating — 3,669 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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Arabesque: A Taste of Moroc...

4.11 avg rating — 1,868 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions
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The Book of Jewish Food: An...

4.42 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 1996
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The Food of Spain

4.32 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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Claudia Roden's the Food of...

4.21 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions
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Claudia Roden's Mediterrane...

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A Book of Middle Eastern Food

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4.43 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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Med: A Cookbook

4.35 avg rating — 62 ratings4 editions
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Tamarind & Saffron: Favouri...

4.08 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
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Mediterranean Cookery Tie In

4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1920 — 12 editions
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