Author Claudia Roden was raised in Cairo, Egypt, where she was deeply involved in the Jewish traditions of her family.

Roden's recollection of girlhood, The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York, won the James Beard Foundation Award for Kitchen Aid Cookbook of the Year. Her other books include Coffee: A Connoisseur's Companion and A Book of Middle Eastern Food.

(Bowker Author Biography)