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Claudia Roden's Mediterranean : treasured recipes from a lifetime of travel.

Call Number

  • 641.591822 R687 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First US edition.

Publication Information

California ; New York : Ten Speed Press, [2021]

Physical Description

319 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 27 cm

Summary

Join world-renowned food writer Claudia Roden on a culinary journey across the Mediterranean, all from the comfort of your own dinner table. Widely credited with revolutionizing Western attitudes to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food, Claudia is a living legend. Though best known for her deep dives into cuisines, in this timeless collection of simple, beautiful recipes, she shares the food she loves and cooks for friends and family. You'll find tried-and-true favorites from France, Greece, and Spain to Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco, inspired by Claudia's decades of travel and research throughout the region. The many flavors of the Mediterranean are highlighted in dishes such as Chicken with Apricots and Pistachios, Vegetable Couscous, Eggplant in a Spicy Honey Sauce with Soft Goat Cheese, Bean Stew with Chorizo and Bacon, Plum Clafoutis, and so many more. From appetizers to desserts, Claudia distills a life's worth of traveling and eating her way through the Mediterranean, presenting a selection of the recipes that she cooks the most often because they bring the most joy.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Where my tastes come from
  • Planning a meal
  • Appetizers
  • Soups
  • Salads and cold vegetable dishes
  • Vegetable sides and sharing dishes
  • With grain
  • Seafood and shellfish
  • Meat and poultry
  • Desserts and pastries.