Jumping ahead:

 Mint Tea and Minarets is in the running for:

December 21, 2013

GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOKS AWARDS 2013 

YOU ARE THE WINNER IN U S A

YOU QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT “GOURMAND BEST IN THE WORLD” COMPETITION

WITH Mint Tea and Minarets. A Banquet of Moroccan Memories, Kitty Morse. Photos: Owen Morse

In the category:  Best Arab Cuisine Book

“You can win again in the next step.

The winner in each country will compete against winners in the same category in other countries for The Best in the World. The results will be announced on May 20-21, 2014  at the annual Awards event. It will take place in Beijing during the first “Beijing Cookbook Fair”, May 19-21, 2014.”

April 2013:

Read this lovely review in Saveur magazine:

http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/SAVEUR-Bookshelf-Middle-Eastern-Cookbooks

And another in the U-T San Diego Union:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/19/moroccan-cookbook-infused-with-memories/?page

And yet another in The Coast News from coastal San Diego County:

http://thecoastnews.com/2013/04/food-writer-gets-personal-with-latest-book/

Reviewers and bloggers, please contact me for a review copy of Mint Tea and Minarets.

Eva Ditler, managing editor San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles http://www.sandiegohomegarden.com/2011-12-12-20-24-03/recipes/522-tagine-of-cornish-hens-with-almonds

Cynthia Berthelsen, blogger and member of the  National Critics’ Circle

“morse’s mint tea and minarets, and a brief word about dadas**”

http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2013/01/08/a-cuisine-created-by-moroccan-women-a-review-of-kitty-morses-mint-tea-and-minarets-and-a-brief-word-about-dadas/