Recipes
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 series from Chronicle Books. --Redolent of saffron, ginger and cinnamon, and vivid with the sun drenched colors of the...
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. Food photography by Owen Morse. . . Online purchase information. "Morse. . . teams up with Mamane, a resident of . . . Fez,...
What do you do with Preserved Lemons 2 ?
Join the mailing list for updates. KITTY IS WORKING ON IT! IDEAS! Try adding preserved lemon rind to vegetable stir frys, to tuna salad, or to a frittata. Use preserved lemon pulp to baste seafood, lamb, or chicken; add a little to your vinaigrette for extra...
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 Bourguignon (YES! Grab it if you find it--I have none to sell or share. I promise you will use it often. OUT OF PRINT -- Bored...
Cruisin’ Around California Missions:
In June, a wedding in Ashland (OR) gave us the opportunity to drive to Oregon, and stop at California missions and practically every independent book store along the way to drop off copies of A Biblical Feast. (See the list here: ) I LOVE car trips. It’s so easy to...
Community Supported Agriculture Hits Rabat!
I grant you this is a strange post for my California Farmers page, but I thought it fit perfectly in the spirit of California farming. CSA (Community Support Agriculture), or "subscription farming" has arrived on the outskirts of Rabat. Many well-to-do...
Ever tasted edible flowers? Now is the time!
PS: Fast forward to January 2014: A local publisher would like to republish my sweet book on Edible Flowers.I am thrilled. Yes, I did go out this morning and picked the last of my orange blossoms. About 3 cups of petals remained, just enough to make about 1/2 cup of...
A Biblical Feast for Easter or Passover
My new book is finding a niche in a number of stores from Southern California, to Wisconsin, Illinois, New York City, and even, south of the border. For that, I am most grateful You can, of course, always order it on this site, and...
A Biblical Stew for Easter or Passover
Many of you know what a fan I am of the Vista Farmer's Market, and of California farmers and food purveyors. In keeping with the Easter/Passover theme, I recently spoke with Sally Brown, of Good for You Gourmet. Sally sells organic beans and grains at the...
Bitter Orange Salad/Salad d’Oranges Amères
In answer to the e-Newsletter I sent out at the beginning of February, I received this lovely letter from Danielle Avidan, a follower of this website. She was kind enough to contribute this recipe. She writes: “My grandmother used a heavy earthenware...
Happy 2010
As I write, I can hear thunder rumbling in the background. High winds and pelting rain are so unusual in our neck of the woods that we had to take in a roommate, and allow Olive, our scott terrier, to sleep on our bed (normally...
It’s raining limes! (Again)
I feel so sorry for my citrus trees. The weather has been so mercurial that they can't tell if it's summer, Fall, or spring. We have had several heat waves at the oddest times, which has spurred fruit to ripen prematurely perhaps, and in doing so, splitting...