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MIF Feast: Claudia Roden

Claudia Roden

CLAUDIA RODEN was born and brought up in Cairo. She went to school in Paris for three years and came to London to study art at St. Martin’s. She was drawn to the subject of food through a desire to evoke a lost heritage, and continued to write about food, taking a special interest in the social, historical and cultural background. She has written about the cooking of the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean and Italy as well as about Jewish food. She is now working on a book on the food of Spain.

Claudia Roden’s Ajo blanco con uvas, prepared by Evuna, Deansgate, city centre.

This splendid Andalusian cold almond soup with garlic and grapes (ajo blanco means ‘white garlic’) is also called gazpacho blanco. It is usually served with peeled grapes or, less commonly, with melon. The ideal grapes to use are muscatel from Malaga, skinned and seeded.

Contains: Almonds, garlic and grapes.

Sunday, Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, noon, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm sittings. Free, all tickets allocated, limited number available before each sitting. Ring 0844 8154960, www.mif.co.uk.