Another shot from my most recent trip to Morocco: A cup of Starbucks Coffee at the HUGE Morocco Mall in Casablanca. A little cafe nearby serves mint tea, thank goodness! May you find much to celebrate this holiday season (preferably with a champagne toast.) As...
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Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion, second edition
December 2014: A second edition of Edible Flowers is in the works. Completely updated with new recipes, and gorgeous food and flower photography! Look for it in early 2015.
October 2014 update
I will be on my way to the real kasbah when you read this. As many of you know, I haven't been there in four years, an eternity for me. Dar Zitoun awaits on the banks of the Mother of Spring. I was thrilled last month to be interviewed for NPR's The Salt Blog, where...
CHARMOULA marinade served at White House Dinner!
You'll find a recipe for this classic Moroccan marinade in each of my books! Obama Welcomes African Leaders for Unusual Dinner WASHINGTON — Aug 5, 2014, 10:49 PM ET White House dinner "The menu featured a largely American-style dinner with hints of Africa sprinkled...
July at the Kasbah
A quick recipe for a summer dinner! Tunisian Egg Briks Briks are deep-fried filo turnovers, very popular in Morocco. Now that I have the time, and that Edible Flowers: a Kitchen Companion is at the publisher's (December 2014 pub date!), I am rediscovering my...
ALO Magazine/Mint Tea and Minarets
MInt Tea and MInarets and recipes reviewed in http://www.alomagazine.com/culture/cuisine/MoroccanCuisine/ Alo magazine is dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa: “ALO magazine has served as a forum for understanding the Middle Eastern culture and a tool for...
Happy New Year!
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year A traditional French salad for New Year's Eve A menu for a “réveillon” celebration (whether Christmas or New Year’s Eve) almost always includes Belgian endives on French tables. This is how we used to greet the nouvel an, new year, in...
Boo-Hoo, it’s Halloween in 2013! Time for pumpkin chorba soup!
Greetings on a sunny, Southern California, Fall afternoon. Halloween and Thanksgiving are just around the corner, citrus trees are laden with ripening fruit (another record crop awaits!), and golden, apple-sized figs still hang on to our tree for dear...
The sound of a dove
Our Scottie, Olive, takes us for a walk just about every afternoon. Often, she insists we drive her to Oceanside Harbor where she chases after pigeons and gulls, frolics on the grassy strip, and picks up “messages” at the base of each palm tree. It’s amazing...
Happy Thanksgiving from the kasbah
Happy Thanksgiving! Photography by Owen Morse Squash and Sweet Potato Purée with Red Bell Pepper Confetti I can hardly believe that November has come around again. Somehow, the fact has difficulty sinking in when it is 90 degrees...