Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Claudia Roden
Born: 1936 (age 88)
Bio: Claudia Roden is a cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom. She was born in 1936 in Cairo, Egypt. After completing her formal education in Paris, she moved to London to study at Saint Martin's School of Art.
Known for:
- The New Book of Middle Eastern Food (1985)
- The book of Jewish food (1996)
- A book of Middle Eastern food (1968)
- The Food of Spain (2011)
- Arabesque (2005)