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Claudia Roden
British writer and cultural anthropologist (born 1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claudia Roden CBE (née Douek; born 1936) is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist of Sephardi/Mizrahi descent.[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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][7][8]
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Claudia Roden CBE | |
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![]() Roden in the chair at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2012 | |
Born | Claudia Douek 1936 (age 87–88) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist |
Spouse | Paul Roden (divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Ellis Douek (brother) |
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