About Kitty
A bit of text about Kitty that is expanded on in the main bio pages (one in English and one in French).
And in French (link)
Latest from Kitty
Bitter Sweet: Summer 2025
Publication date: February 15, 2023 I am booking presentations, book signings, and dinners featuring Blanche's recipes. It's a really fun event... Just send me an email for more information. Merci! Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied...
Mint Tea and Minarets/Le Riad au bord de l’OUED (excerpt, reviews, presentations)
October 2024 : Out of print but I have a few copies left..... View an excerpt on ISSUU at https://issuu.com/bismillah-21/docs/mintteaminarets_txt-2ndedition-web...
365 Ways to Cook Vegetarian
This book was part of the extremely popular 365 collection from Harper Collins in the early 1990s. It has long been out of print... but, in a strange twist of fate, it is a book I cook from all the time! If you can find a used one somewhere, let me know! or buy it and...
Newsletter – The Kasbah Chronicles
Greens to fend off the Corona Virus, April 2020
Since I belong to the age group that should stay away from supermarkets, I decided to keep up a steady supply of greens during the quarantine by joining the CSA at the family farm down the street. Faced with an overabundance of kale, chard, and beet greens, I...
The Kasbah Chronicles: June 2024 KCRW Santa Monica radio interview
To my dismay, I realize how infrequently I post news on my website. I give all my news in my sort-of-monthly blog, The Kasbah Chronicles, which I send out through Substack. I always mean to post the blog here, and then I forget. If you need to reach me please leave a...
The Kasbah Chronicles: January 2024
Bitter Sweet Updates m Musings First, an email scam warning Please note if you "follow" me on Facebook (I very rarely post on Facebook.) My "messenger" account on Facebook (which I avoid), has been hacked. Before replying or clicking on REPLY to a message that comes...
Kitty’s Books
365 Ways to Cook Vegetarian
This book was part of the extremely popular 365 collection from Harper Collins in the early 1990s. It has long been out of print... but, in a...
Come With Me to the Kasbah: A Cook’s Tour of Morocco/my first cookbook
June 2025: TWO copies remaining! I can sign and send at your request. Heading I am still so proud of this book, which has now come down to two...
Bitter Sweet: Summer 2025
Publication date: February 15, 2023 I am booking presentations, book signings, and dinners featuring Blanche's recipes. It's a really fun event......
Mint Tea and Minarets/Le Riad au bord de l’OUED (excerpt, reviews, presentations)
October 2024 : Out of print but I have a few copies left..... View an excerpt on ISSUU at...
Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen
TEN PRINTING from CHRONICLE BOOKS brings this award-winner to a close. Out of print in 2022. 5-Star Reader Comments The ingredients of Moroccan...
Edible Flowers: soon to be an eBook
EDIBLE FLOWERS: A KITCHEN COMPANION WITH RECIPES (2nd edition) December 2023 Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion will soon be available as an eBook...
The Vegetarian Table: North Africa
May 2025 update OUT OF PRINT but hard cover or paperback copies still available on major book sites. Part of the award winning Vegetarian Table...
The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco
Finalist, Best Foreign Cookery Book, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Perigueux, November 2002. Co-written with Danielle Mamane, of Fez, Morocco....
Couscous: Fresh and Flavorful
May 2025 update: Yes, the book is done with, but I cook from my copy as often as I have a hankering for couscous, Vietnamese salad, and Beef...
A Biblical Feast
September 2010: My book has found a home in most independent bookstores around California, California missions, and numerous church gift...
The California Farm Cookbook
Take California's bountiful food producers and ask them for their best recipe for their favorite crop, then add brilliant photos and interesting...