Food Articles
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2014 (with recipes!)
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...
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.
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...
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...
Mahia, Moroccan fig brandy
Did you know?Morocco's Sephardic Jews are known for their special mahia, a brandy made from figs. POTENT! Distilling the Taste of MoroccoDavid Nahmias keeps a family tradition alive by making mahia, a Moroccan fig brandy, in America...
Belated October post/pomegranates
Finally! Two advance copies of Mint Tea and Minarets: A Banquet of Moroccan Memories arrived at our front door. A couple of thousand more should arrive from Hong Kong by November 20, 2012. With 327 pages, 32 original recipes, and 99 food...
Of Sardines and Pelicans
The first day of Fall snuck up on us, though the temperature would fool anyone into thinking we were still in midsummer. Along North San Diego County’s portion of Highway 101 (the highway that hugs the Pacific Ocean from...
Make preserved lemons with me on YOUTUBE
If you have ever wondered how to make REAL Moroccan preserved lemons, or if you still have questions after attending one of my in-person demonstrations, this video will show you exactly how to prepare this uniquely Moroccan condiment: Cooking at the...
The Kasbah Chronicles Jan/Feb 2012
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...
A HOT couscous soup for a cold night!
Joyeuses Fêtes and Happy Holidays! (to paraphrase a Moroccan proverb) To each of you, I send a box filled with sesame seeds. Each seed representing one hundred wishes for peace, health, and happiness in 2012 Bonne Année, Bon Appétit and...
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...