Synopses & Reviews
In this updated and greatly enlarged edition of her Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden re-creates a classic. The book was originally published here in 1972 and was hailed by James Beard as a landmark in the field of cookery; this new version represents the accumulation of the author's thirty years of further extensive travel throughout the ever-changing landscape of the Middle East, gathering recipes and stories.
Now Ms. Roden gives us more than 800 recipes, including the aromatic variations that accent a dish and define the country of origin: fried garlic and cumin and coriander from Egypt, cinnamon and allspice from Turkey, sumac and tamarind from Syria and Lebanon, pomegranate syrup from Iran, preserved lemon and harissa from North Africa. She has worked out simpler approaches to traditional dishes, using healthier ingredients and time-saving methods without ever sacrificing any of the extraordinary flavor, freshness, and texture that distinguish the cooking of this part of the world.
Throughout these pages she draws on all four of the region's major cooking styles:
- The refined haute cuisine of Iran, based on rice exquisitely prepared and embellished with a range of meats, vegetables, fruits, and nuts
- Arab cooking from Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan--at its finest today, and a good source for vegetable and bulgur wheat dishes
- The legendary Turkish cuisine, with its kebabs, wheat and rice dishes, yogurt salads, savory pies, and syrupy pastries
- North African cooking, particularly the splendid fare of Morocco, with its heady mix of hot and sweet, orchestrated to perfection in its couscous dishes and tagines
From the tantalizing mezze--those succulent bites of filled fillo crescents and cigars, chopped salads, and stuffed morsels, as well as tahina, chickpeas, and eggplant in their many guises--to the skewered meats and savory stews and hearty grain and vegetable dishes, here is a rich array of the cooking that Americans embrace today. No longer considered exotic--all the essential ingredients are now available in supermarkets, and the more rare can be obtained through mail order sources (readily available on the Internet)--the foods of the Middle East are a boon to the home cook looking for healthy, inexpensive, flavorful, and wonderfully satisfying dishes, both for everyday eating and for special occasions.
Synopsis
Discover Claudia Roden's classic recipes in The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. In 1968, Claudia Roden wrote her Book of Middle Eastern Food for readers who had never eaten an aubergine, let alone cooked one. Today, Middle Eastern foods are enjoying amazing popularity, largely thanks to her books. Since the publication of her classic bestseller, Claudia Roden has continued to collect recipes and culinary wisdom from the Middle East, as a result of talking and writing to many people, tasting their food and watching them cook. The New Book of Middle Eastern Food is Claudia Roden's ultimate collection of recipes from the subtle, spicy, varied cuisines of the Middle East, ranging from inexpensive but tasty peasant fare to elaborate banquet dishes. Praise for Claudia Roden: '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 'Every one of Claudia's books introduced us to a delicious new world' Sam and Sam Clarke 'Roden's great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs' Nigella Lawson 'Claudia Roden's writing has the fascination of her conversation. Her books are treasure-houses of information and mines of literary pleasures' Observer
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'Meticulously collected, compellingly assembled, lovingly told ... informative, delectable and incredibly useful' Yotam Ottolenghi Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food is your ultimate cookbook and guide to the rich and exotic recipes of the Middle East . . . As heard on BBC Radio 4's new 5-part series. First published in 1968, Claudia Roden's bestselling classic Book of Middle Eastern Food revolutionized 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 countries including Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Morocco. Inside there's a delicious array of dishes to try: Hot Stuffed Vine Leaves, Sweet and Sour Aubergine Salad, Courgette Meatballs, Persian Lamb, Moroccan Tagine with Fruit and Honey, Hummus, Tabbouleh, Turkish Delight and Coconut Orange Blossom and Lemon Cake. Now in this beautiful new edition, Roden's timeless work will continue to inform and inspire as the next generation of cooks discovers its riches. '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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Claudia 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 . . .
- Hot Stuffed Vine Leaves
- Sweet and Sour Aubergine Salad
- Courgette Meatballs
- Persian Lamb
- Moroccan Tagine with Fruit and Honey
- Hummus & Tabbouleh
- Turkish Delight
- Coconut Orange Blossom and Lemon Cake.
Now in this beautiful new edition, Roden's timeless work continues to inform and inspire as the next generation of cooks discovers its riches.