A New Book of Middle Eastern Food
The Essential Guide to Middle Eastern Cooking. As Heard on BBC Radio 4
$58.33
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
22 March 2018
Summary
Originally published in 1968, Claudia Roden’s bestselling classic Book of Middle Eastern Food introduced British readers to the food of the region for the very first time. Containing over 500 recipes, brought to life with enchanting stories, memories and culinary wisdom, this book takes readers on a cook’s tour of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
Now in a beautiful new edition, this timeless work from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140465884 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014046588X |
| Author: | Claudia Roden |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 22 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 558g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 137mm x 43mm |
| Series: | Cookery Library |
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Claudia Roden is no more a simple cookbook writer than Marcel Proust was a biscuit baker. She is, rather, memorialist, historian, ethnographer, anthropologist, essayist, poet …
Claudia Roden is no more a simple cookbook writer than Marcel Proust was a biscuit baker. She is, rather, memorialist, historian, ethnographer, anthropologist, essayist, poet … – Simon Schama
Claudia Roden’s writing has the fascination of her conversation. Her books are treasure-houses of information and mines of literary pleasures * Observer *
Roden’s great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs – Nigella Lawson
Beyond the evocative stories and buoyant style … there is always information … meticulously collected, compellingly assembled, lovingly told … informative, delectable and incredibly useful – Yotam Ottolenghi
About The Author
Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden is a cookbook writer and anthropologist based in the UK. She grew up in Cairo and studied in both Paris and London. She has published multiple bestsellers including the international award-winning The Book of Jewish Food, and she revolutionised Western attitudes to Middle Eastern cuisines in 1968 with her bestselling cookbook, A Book of Middle Eastern Food. Aside from her writing career, Roden has presented cookery shows on the BBC and she is co-chair of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery.
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