Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (Omnibus)
The cookery writer who whet our palates with chickpeas and polenta when a soggy spag bol was the norm. 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV series, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, and has won many awards and trophies.
Featuring 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.
Omnibus of five parts.
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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.
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- Sat 7 Apr 2018 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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