Everything Tastes Better Outdoors

by Claudia Roden

Offering hundreds of food ideas for outdoor eating, a celebration of al fresco dining presents suggestions for romantic picnics, barbecues, elegant wedding feasts, and spit improvisations.

Genres: Cookbooks

413 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Claudia Roden was brought up in Cairo. She finished her education in Paris and later studied art in London. Starting as a painter she was drawn to the subject of food partly through a desire to evoke a lost heritage - one of the pleasures of a happy life in Egypt.
With her bestselling classic, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, first published in 1968, Roden revolutionized Western attitudes to the cuisine of the Middle East. Her intensely personal approach and her passionate appreciation of the dishes delighted readers, while she introduced them to a new world of foods, both exotic and wholesome. The book received great critical acclaim.
Mrs Roden continued to write about food with a special interest in the social and historical background of cooking.
Then came the BBC television series, Mediterranean Cookery with Claudia Roden and the accompanying book entitled Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery.
In 1992, she won the Glenfiddich Trophy, the top prize in the Glenfiddich Awards.

Reviews

[Monique]

I read the first section (the original Picnic volume?) pretty much in full then picked around a little in the later sections of the book. (I wasn't very interested in barbecue and charcoal grilling guidelines or in cooking game or cooking shipboard.) But "Foods To Take Out" was good reading.

With relatively little money, some organization, and a good shopping list, a few extra borrowed pans and a little help from children and friends, one person can easily cater for a wedding party of 40 to 50 people in two days.

Ok but that person won't be me. I do have helpful children but I think I lack the requisite organization.

[Lance · Rating 4 out of 5]

After all the BBQ books produced by the USA citizens this is a refreshing outlook. It covers many styles of cooking. I have to admit I have not cooked from this book, however enjoyed reading it, and found nothing to indicate the recipes are not worth investigating. I would advise anyone who wants to try different recipes to try this book. I regret having to give up this book due to having to down size and eliminating my cook book collection.