February 2 marks La Chandeleur (Candlemas), when crêpes are de rigueur on French tables--a tradition my mother upheld all the while I was growing up in Casablanca. Simply sprinkled a crêpe with a little powdered sugar, and celebrate! Another cause for celebration is...
The Kasbah Chronicles
The Kasbah Chronicles/November 2011
In time for Thanksgiving My great-grandmother’s Cassolita Winter Squash with Caramelized Onions Serves 4 This baked squash dish traditionally complements the couscous of Tétouan, a city in Northern Morocco. In our family, cassolita or cazuelita ...
The Kasbah Chronicles/Tagine of Quince
October 2011 Nothing surprised me more two or three years ago, than to learn from one of my “foodie” cousins in Paris, that “Alloween” (with silent "h", sic) had taken root in France. Dozens of sites initiated novices to la soirée d’Halloween, from...
New title! The Kasbah Chronicles
Fall 2011 Friend and e-marketing expert Chris Pemberton came up with the catchy Kasbah Chronicles during a brainstorming session held over a strawberry waffle smothered in an Everest of whipped cream, specialty of the DipSea Café, in Mill Valley (CA)....