Invitation To Mediterranean Cooking

by Claudia Roden

As more and more people adopt a healthy lifestyle and diet, they are discovering the refreshingly simple cuisine of the Mediterranean. Claudia Roden is one of the culinary world's greatest experts on the genuine food and flavors of the region, and in this beautifully illustrated book she extends an Invitation to Mediterranean Cooking with over 150 recipes that capture the essential qualities of this vibrant cuisine.

The high-fiber, low-fat Mediterranean diet emphasizes the use of a wide range of vegetables and grains, fresh fish and seafood. Here, Claudia Roden has selected a range of main courses, desserts, and side dishes from her extensive travels not only in Europe, but in Mediterranean Africa and the Middle East as well. The recipes include established dishes from Italy, Spain, and France, such as Linguine with Spinach and Pine Nuts, Gazpacho, and Provençal Mushroom Tart, as well as more unusual dishes such as Tunisian Eggplant Omelette and Spicy Walnut Paste from Turkey. In her engaging style, Roden thoroughly explains techniques and ingredients to enable home cooks of every skill-level to prepare these intriguing dishes.

Beautifully complemented by Gus Filgate's evocative photographs, these recipes extend an irresistible welcome to the warming flavors and life-affirming principles of the bright, fresh Mediterranean.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

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 cooking.
Then came the BBC television series, Mediterranean Cookery with Claudia Roden and the accompanying book entitled Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery.
In 1992, she won the Glenfiddich Trophy, the top prize in the Glenfiddich Awards.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was looking for a cookbook that would incorporate more vegetables and fiber, and this cookbook does not disappoint. These recipes are simple, clean, flavorful, and beautiful! I’ve just expanded my recipe box with vegetable dishes I never would have thought of on my own. I used to struggle with both cooking and eating eggplant and zucchini, but this book offers ways to prepare them that even my 10 month old gobbles up. This is most excited I’ve been about a cookbook, and I can’t wait to try all of the recipes (which I’ll likely be able to quickly - tapas style!).

[Karen Niemi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks for saying some about the book. It makes it sound interesting for sure. I wish there was a way to see the recipes that are in the book, at least a list of the recipes. Just your description makes my mouth water; i want to get up right now and start cooking! I am hoping some who are familiar with this book will give more details to help me decide if purchasing this book would be helpful to me.

[Sophie James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple, beautifully written with accessible recipes from Mediterranean countries from Sicily to Tunisia. Really lovely.

[Cherie · Rating 3 out of 5]

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