Claudia Roden is a cookbook

Cookbook

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 writer based in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. She was born 1936 in Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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. After completing her formal education in Paris, she moved to London to study art. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern

Middle East

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 cookbooks including A Book of Middle Eastern Food (Penguin Books

Penguin Books

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, 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

Hampstead Garden Suburb

-Notable Residents :*Theo Adams*Martin Bell*Sir Victor Blank*Katie Boyle*Constantine, the last King of Greece*Greg Davies*Richard & Judy Finnigan*David Matthews*Michael Ridpath*Claudia Roden*Jonathan Ross*Sir Donald Sinden*Marc Sinden...

, London

Roden is a Patron of London-based HIV

HIV

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 charity The Food Chain

The Food Chain

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