Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden | |
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Claudia Roden in the chair at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2012 | |
Born |
Claudia Douek 1936 (age 81–82) Cairo, Egypt |
Residence | Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist |
Spouse(s) | Paul Roden (divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Ellis Douek (brother) |
Claudia Roden (nee Douek, born 1936) is a British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist.[1][2][3][4][5] She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including A Book of Middle Eastern Food, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food and Arabesque—Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon.[2][3][5][6][7]
Early life
Roden was born in 1936 in Cairo, Egypt, the daughter of Cesar Elie Douek and his wife Nelly Sassoon.[1] Her parents were both from Syrian-Jewish merchant families, and she grew up in Zamalek, Cairo, with two brothers, the surgeon Ellis Douek, and Zaki Douek.[8][9] She was Egypt's national backstroke swimming champion at the age of 15.[8]
In 1953, she went to a boarding school in Paris, and then to London to study at Saint Martin's School of Art.[10][6][8]
Career
Besides her numerous cookery volumes, Roden has also worked as a food writer and a cooking show presenter for the BBC.
She is co-chair with Paul Levy of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. She is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.[10]
Personal life
In 1959, she married Paul Roden, a clothes importer, and they separated after 15 years. [8]
They had three children.[8][11]
She has lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb since the early 1970s.[11]
Activities and awards
Roden is a Patron of London-based HIV charity The Food Chain.[12] In 1999 Roden was honoured with a Prince Claus Award from the Prince Claus Fund, an international culture and development organisation based in Amsterdam.
Bibliography
- 1968: A Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 978-0-394-71948-1 (reprint)
- 1970: A New Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 978-0-14-046588-4 (reprint)
- 1981: Picnic: The Complete Guide to Outdoor Food, ISBN 978-0-14-046920-2 (reprint)
- 1981: Coffee, ISBN 978-1-85793-341-3
- 1986: Middle Eastern Cooking, ISBN 0-7445-0653-0
- 1987: Mediterranean Cookery, ISBN 978-0-14-027278-9 (reprint)
- 1990: The Food of Italy, ISBN 978-0-09-927325-7 (reprint)
- 1992: Claudia Roden's Invitation to Mediterranean Cooking: 150 Vegetarian and Seafood Recipes, ISBN 978-0-330-39169-6 (reprint)
- 1997: The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day, ISBN 978-0-14-046609-6 (reprint)
- 1999: Coffee: A Connoisseur's Companion, ISBN 978-1-86205-283-3
- 1999: Tamarind and Saffron: Favourite Recipes from the Middle East, ISBN 978-0-14-046694-2 (reprint)
- 2000: The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, ISBN 0-375-40506-2
- 2001: Picnics: And Other Outdoor Feasts, ISBN 978-1-904943-17-4 (reprint)
- 2003: Claudia Roden's Foolproof Mediterranean Cooking, ISBN 978-0-563-53496-9
- 2003: Foreword to Traditional Moroccan Cooking by Madame Guinaudeau, ISBN 1-897959-43-5 (reprint)
- 2004: The Arab-Israeli Cookbook: The Recipes, met Robin Soans, ISBN 978-0-9515877-5-1
- 2005: Arabesque - Sumptuous Food from Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon, ISBN 978-0-7181-4581-1
- 2006: Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon, ISBN 978-0-307-26498-5
- 2007: Simple Mediterranean Cookery, ISBN 978-0-563-49327-3
- 2011: The Food of Spain, ISBN 978-0-06-196962-1
References
- 1 2 "Claudia Roden | Jewish Women's Archive". Jwa.org. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 Rachel Cooke (2012-03-18). "Claudia Roden: interview | Life and style | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 "YaleNews | Renowned Food Writer Claudia Roden To Serve Up Lecture at Yale". News.yale.edu. 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ Camas, Joanne. "A Conversation with Claudia Roden at". Epicurious.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 "Activities". Prince Claus Fund. 2011-12-17. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 Claudia Roden (2010-03-24). "Claudia Roden from HarperCollins Publishers". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ Weigel, David. "Claudia Roden's new cookbook, Arabesque, an excellent primer on the Middle East. - Slate Magazine". Slate.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pownall, Elfreda (13 July 2014). "Claudia Roden: an interview with the champion of Middle Eastern food". Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Jews of Egypt, with Dr Ellis Douek". harif.org. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- 1 2 Ms Claudia Roden, Honorary Fellow, SOAS, University of London. SOAS. Accessed July 2013.
- 1 2 Lewis, Tim (18 May 2014). "Claudia Roden: 'My kids preferred beans on toast to hummus and pitta'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "our patrons". The Food Chain. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
External links
- Claudia Roden, entry by Joan Nathan in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Jewish Women's Archive), 20 March 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010
- Claudia Roden interview by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire (Oxford Oral History Project)
- Take the Spice Route - article by Roden
- Capsule biography at Penguin Books
- Capsule biography at the BBC