COFFEE - Softcover

Roden, Claudia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862052832 ISBN 13: 9781862052833

Publisher: Pavilion, 1999

Synopsis

With this volume, Glenfiddich award-winning cookery writer Claudia Roden explores the history of the coffee bean. Her book also offers guidance on choosing and preparing coffee, and gives a selection of desserts to complement coffee.'

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Review:

Don't let the cover of Claudia Roden's little book Coffee: A Connoisseur's Companion put you off. Inside is a veritable treasure of interesting stories, anecdotes and facts about coffee--all beautifully illustrated with lovely ink and colour drawings by Murray Zanoni. First published in the early 1980s, Roden offers a scholarly yet entertaining look at the history of coffee. From its exotic beginnings in Africa and Arabia, coffee swept through Europe and the Americas in he 17th century, profoundly changing patterns of life as it went. Although it suffered religious persecution, social prejudice and fierce political opposition, coffee reigned supreme and was soon being grown in prodigious quantities around the world. Roden explains the labour-intensive processes of growing coffee and preparing the beans, provides an invaluable guide to the quality beans of the world and dispenses expert advice on all the steps of coffee preparation, from buying to brewing. The final section is devoted to recipes: heart-warming coffee punches, refreshing iced coffee and frothy frappés, as well as delicious coffee cakes and desserts.

About the Author:

Claudia Roden was born and brought up in Cairo. She completed her formal education in Paris and then moved to London to study art. She travels extensively as a food writer. Her previous books include Mediterranean Cookery, which was published in con; junction with her BBC TV series on the Mediterranean, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, Everything Tastes Better Outdoors, and Good Food of Italy. She has won four Glenfiddich prizes, including 1992 Food Writer of the Year for articles in the Daily Telegraph and The Observer magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pavilion
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1862052832
• ISBN 13: 9781862052833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Illustrator: Zanoni Murray