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...

THANKSGIVING or Le Jour de Merci Donnant 2014

I flew across the pond to Morocco in early November to take care of Dar Zitoun, our family riad, 90 kilometres south of Casablanca.  My memoir, Mint Tea and Minarets relates the story of this local landmark which I hadn’t visited in FOUR years. Although Dar...

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...

Listen to Kitty on Web Chats, Podcasts

Should you be sitting in front of your computer at these designated times, you can chat with me about Moroccan cuisine. Monday, April 7, 2014: 1PM Eastern www. HeritageRadioNetwork.Org  Show: Eat Your Words with Cathy Erway. The first  web chat will...

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...