Recipes
Andre Paccard architectural books/rare
From my personal collection. Belongs in all architectural libraries. These two books teach and illustrate with templates how to reproduce Moroccan artwork and handicrafts, from tiles to plaster design. A rare pair of books that belonged to my father. Vintage original...
Morocco travel links
News of Morocco and elsewhere: Ramadan Is Here. What Islam’s Holiest Month Is about. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/world/middleeast/islam-ramadan-2016.html?ref=world&_r=0 No great surprise here: Three religions coexist, and gather to break the fast of Ramadan....
Triangular handcrafted inlaid box from Essaouira
Inlaid wood box from Morocco The hinged box measures 14-inches on each side, and is 4 ¾-inches deep. It has never been used for anything but display, and bears a few shelf marks on the base. It is in excellent condition, and still emits its unique thuya wood...
Greens to fend off the Corona Virus, April 2020
Since I belong to the age group that should stay away from supermarkets, I decided to keep up a steady supply of greens during the quarantine by joining the CSA at the family farm down the street. Faced with an overabundance of kale, chard, and beet greens, I...
July 2024: kittymorse.com is going through an update
Would you believe I began writing The Kasbah Chronicles and this website in 2010 or 2011... It's time for a major update. I love feedback. Keep in touch! Please bear with me. It is really coming. Thank you so much for remaining a reader.
The Kasbah Chronicles: June 2024 KCRW Santa Monica radio interview
To my dismay, I realize how infrequently I post news on my website. I give all my news in my sort-of-monthly blog, The Kasbah Chronicles, which I send out through Substack. I always mean to post the blog here, and then I forget. If you need to reach me please leave a...
Recent and upcoming events for Bitter Sweet:
CORONADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CORONADO CA. NOVEMBER 5, 2025 Come over onto the island in the middle of San Diego Bay! My husband and I lived on this fabled island when he was stationed at the Amphib base, as a dentist, to take care of Navy Seals.. That's a long long...
Book Signing at Kitchen Lingo cookbook store in Long Beach, CA Feb 24, 2024
Please join me at Kitchen Lingo in Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, Feb 24 from 1 to 2PM. I will give a presentation on Bitter Sweet, and sign books! Kitchen Lingo is a unique store on the most lively street in Long Beach it seemed like. Than you Matt for your...
The Kasbah Chronicles: January 2024
Bitter Sweet Updates m Musings First, an email scam warning Please note if you "follow" me on Facebook (I very rarely post on Facebook.) My "messenger" account on Facebook (which I avoid), has been hacked. Before replying or clicking on REPLY to a message that comes...
GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS 2023/ Best in the world/Culinary History for BITTER SWEET
I am thrilled and flattered to have been awarded THIRD PLACE Best In The World. GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS Culinary History category. For that I have to thank friends, readers, testers, editors and assistants and especially my superhuman husband (who passed away...
Dr Prosper Lévy-Neymarck’s journal, en version originale, in its original French: order from Châlons en Champagne…
Aigre Doux : Carnet de Guerre du Dr. Prosper Lévy-Neymarck suivi de Douceurs Pâtissières de Blanche Lévy-Neymarck Chers amis francophones: Je suis ravie de vous faire savoir que Bruno Malthet, editeur du Petit Catalaunien Illustré à Châlons-en-Champagne a publié une...
Upcoming events and signings for Bitter Sweet:
Thank you, readers of Bitter Sweet. The book has generated much interest since it came out February 15, 2023--as I have mentioned previously, I am promoting the book and telling the story in honor and in memory of ancestors who died in the Holocaust, and in honor of...