Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean: Treasured Recipes from a Lifetime of Travel [A Cookbook]

“Claudia Roden channels the sun and warm glow of the Mediterranean. To read Claudia is to sit down at her table, with everything, simply, correctly. Pull up a chair for the food; stay at the table for the stories.”—Yotam Ottolenghi

Join world-renowned food creator 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 family and friends.

You’ll find tried-and-true favorites from France, Greece, and Spain to Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco, inspired by Claudia’s decades of trip and research all over 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 publisher 1st baron verulam, Plum Clafoutis, and such a lot of 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 regularly because they bring the most joy.