My lovely and esteemed friend, Claudia Roden, is a legendary expert on Middle Eastern cooking. Her family hails from Egypt, but Claudia studied in Paris. She regularly travels the world for research on her numerous books, including her award-winning masterpiece “The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day”. Claudia and I have both been privileged to work with the brilliant Knopf editor, Judith Jones.

New Yorker correspondent Jane Kramer profiled Claudia and her fascinating background in the 2007 Food issue. She will be a featured speaker at The New Yorker Festival on October 5th.

Enjoy this delicious and easy Middle Eastern salad.

Nina

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