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Earlier than Yotam Ottolenghi, earlier than Sabrina Ghayour, earlier than any of the present-day cooks who extol the cooking of the Center East, there was Claudia Roden, quietly and studiously recording for the primary time the dishes of the outdated Ottoman world. Fifty years and 20 books later she houses in on the recipes of coastal Spain, France, Italy and north Africa. All the time recognized for being true to unique dishes, in Med she has allowed herself a little more freedom. Does it matter that in Turkey they’d by no means mix yoghurt and beetroot in