Claudia Roden - A Book of Middle Eastern Food

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Tracy-Ann Oberman

Ann Marcuson

David Fleeshman

Perveen Hussain

Claudia Roden

Anjum Malik

Polly Thomas

Eloise Whitmore

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food: 1. Early Years

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food

1. Early Years

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Claudia remembers her early life in Cairo and the nostalgic dishes of her childhood.

4 Extra Debut. The iconic cookery writer remembers her early life in Cairo and nostalgic dishes of her childhood. Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Claudia remembers her early life in Cairo and the nostalgic dishes of her childhood.

Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Claudia Roden.

Published in 1968, Claudia's book was a major landmark in the history of food writing and paved the way for all the TV chefs who followed. 

Born in 1936 in Cairo, Claudia was a foreign food correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times Magazine. Later, she hosted a BBC TV series, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, and has won many awards and trophies.

With cameos from Yotam Ottolenghi and Claudia's granddaughter, Nelly Wolman, Anjum Malik’s  entertaining five-part dramatisation, shines a light on an extraordinary global cook, still traveling the world sharing recipes and cultures.

Claudia Roden    …….    Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek    …….    Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek    …….    David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie    …….    Perveen Hussain

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Producers: Polly Thomas & Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer: Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.

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