Claudia roden

The food writer discusses her new book, Med, while Yotam Ottolenghi, José Pizarro and Sam Clark pick their favourite dishes

An irresistible tart, sweet with onions and salty with anchovies

This speciality of Gaziantep, a Turkish city famous for its gastronomy on the Syrian border, is a beautiful mix of flavours, textures and colours.

This Circassian Chicken recipe is one of the creamiest, most comforting chicken dishes you’ll ever taste, and its construction is quite simple too.

Adding boiled lemon gives this salad extra oomph

Adding halloumi and labneh to a simple Egyptian megadarra turns it into the star of a vegetarian Middle Eastern meal.

There are plenty of days left in the holiday to make this carrot salad with fresh ginger and a fragrant fish or tofu tagine.

Lentils with Pasta and Caramelized Onions (Rishta Bi Addas) - The Happy Foodie

This Turkish Yoghurt Cake is like a light, airy, fresh-tasting cheesecake and comes from food writer Claudia Roden

Claudia Roden, the great food writer who first brought Middle Eastern cuisine to Britain, on a life lived through recipes