Culinary Masters Collection - Claudia Roden

About this episode

This episode features a celebration of Claudia Roden's contributions to introducing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine to the English-speaking world.

Every week on our show, we celebrate the intersection of food and life. And this month, we’re highlighting some of the most iconic people in the food world. It’s a new collection called Culinary Masters. We revisit interviews with some of the people who have fundamentally changed how many of us cook and think about food. This week, we're all about the iconic Claudia Roden, who helped introduce the food of the Middle East and Mediterranean to the English-speaking world.

People in this episode

Guest: Claudia Roden

Topics covered

• Culinary Masters
• Middle Eastern food
• Mediterranean cuisine
• food culture
• cooking techniques

Keywords

• Claudia Roden
• Middle Eastern food
• Mediterranean cuisine
• cooking
• food history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Public Media

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