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Book SynopsisClaudia Roden''s A Book of Middle Eastern Food is your ultimate cookbook and guide to the rich and exotic recipes of the Middle East . . .
''Meticulously collected, compellingly assembled, lovingly told . . . Informative, delectable and incredibly useful'' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
''Roden''s great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs'' NIGELLA LAWSON
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When it first published, Claudia Roden''s bestselling classic Book of Middle Eastern Food revolutionised Western attitudes to the cuisines of the Middle East.
Containing over 500 modern and accessible recipes that are brought to life with enchanting stories, memories and culinary wisdom, this book takes readers on a cook''s tour of the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Morocco.
Inside there''s a delicious array of dishes to enjoy, including . . .
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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 ... -- 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
