Claudia Roden

Claudia Roden is a cookbook writer based in the United Kingdom. She was born 1936 in Cairo, Egypt. After completing her formal education in Paris, she moved to London to study art. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including A Book of Middle Eastern Food (Penguin Books, 1968), The New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Knopf, 2000, ISBN 0375405062 (US edition)), The Book of Jewish Food (Knopf, 1997, ISBN 0394532589) and Arabesque—Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon (Michael Joseph, 2005).

She has also been a food writer and a cooking show presenter on the BBC.

She now lives in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

Roden is a Patron of London-based HIV charity The Food Chain.

Bibliography

• 1968: A Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 978-0394719481 (reprint)
• 1970: A New Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 978-0140465884 (reprint)
• 1981: Picnic: The Complete Guide to Outdoor Food, ISBN 978-0140469202 (reprint)
• 1981: Coffee, ISBN 978-1857933413
• 1987: Mediterranean Cookery, ISBN 978-0140272789 (reprint)
• 1990: The Food of Italy, ISBN 978-0099273257 (reprint)
• 1992: Claudia Roden's Invitation to Mediterranean Cooking: 150 Vegetarian and Seafood Recipes, ISBN 978-0330391696 (reprint)
• 1997: The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day, ISBN 978-0140466096 (reprint)
• 1999: Coffee: A Connoisseur's Companion, ISBN 978-1862052833
• 1999: Tamarind and Saffron: Favourite Recipes from the Middle East, ISBN 978-0140466942 (reprint)
• 2000: The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 0375405062
• 2001: Picnics: And Other Outdoor Feasts, ISBN 978-1904943174 (reprint)
• 2003: Claudia Roden's Foolproof Mediterranean Cooking, ISBN 978-0563534969
• 2004: The Arab-Israeli Cookbook: The Recipes, met Robin Soans, ISBN 978-0951587751
• 2005: Arabesque - Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon, ISBN 978-0718145811
• 2006: Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon, ISBN 978-0307264985
• 2007: Simple Mediterranean Cookery, ISBN 978-0563493273

References

• Nathan, Joan. "Claudia Roden." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia 20 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. full text retrieved January 5, 2010
• Take the Spice Route - article by Roden
• Capsule biography at Penguin Books
• Capsule biography at the BBC

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Name	Roden, Claudia
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Date of birth	1936
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