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Live webchat with cookery writer Claudia Roden - Weds 25 April 1-2pm

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 11-Apr-12 11:29:08

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Claudia Roden will be joining us at GNHQ. Claudia was born and brought up in Cairo and her best-selling books include A Book of Middle Eastern Food and the international award-winning classic The Book of Jewish Food. She has won 6 Glenfiddich awards for her food writing and in 1989 was awarded Italy's two most prestigious food prizes.

She has spent five years researching her latest book - The Food of Spain - which is filled with many amazing recipes passed down through generations. So if you have any questions for Claudia - or are simply after some new ideas for delicious summer dishes - add them here.

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ClaudiaRoden Wed 25-Apr-12 13:56:28

tomtom

You have a fantastic job (at which you are of course very good!) - but I wondered how you got involved in writing about food?

When my family was forced to leave Egypt after the Suez crisis in 1956, we had no cookbooks - there were no cookbooks. I started collecting recipes from all the people who had left.

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ClaudiaRoden Wed 25-Apr-12 13:59:53

fridaygran

Do you need a tagine pot to make authentic tagine? Thanks

No, definitely not. I can say, nowadays, in Morocco, they use pressure cookers and then reduce it at the end, so that the oil comes through. I don't use a pressure cooker myself, but if they're going to do it, why not?

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 25-Apr-12 14:00:36

A huge thank you to Claudia. Our tummies are now well and truly rumbling and we can't wait to get cooking.

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JosieGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 26-Apr-12 10:15:46

Just to let you all know that the archived version of the webchat is now up: do take a look Claudia Roden webchat

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NanaChrissie Sat 28-Apr-12 15:29:36

Ladybird9. Just found a Med recipe that grates fresh tomatoes for cooking with - skins and all. Why didn't I think of that! What's the smiley for "duh".

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 08-May-12 10:20:58

For anyone who fancied the chicken with apples and grapes that Claudia gave us the recipe for on this webchat - I made it and it was utterly divine!!

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