The Kasbah Chronicles: November 2017 Kitty travels Afar and Afield Lady Liberty upon my first visit to New York in 1961: Merci, Statue of Liberty New York todayThe new World Trade Center slices through the clouds like a silver blade CONTENTS:Musings on New York and...
Moroccan
Winter 2016 Classes and Presentations
Classes and presentations: A handful of kids participated in the Taste of Morocco at the Newport Beach Central Library. Future chefs aged 5 to 11 learned how make a Moroccan carrot salad, couscous with buttermilk and a watermelon and smoothie....
My interview on Pink Pangea
This lovely travel site bills itself as a travel site for women. Very interesting and informative, and they published an interview about Mint Tea and Minarets: a banquet of Moroccan memories Published on Pink Pangea on December 31, 2015 at this link:...
The Kasbah Chronicles November 2015
Musings: Chef David Thorne of Elysian restaurant in Glendale, CA THANKSGIVING at THE KASBAH: In need of “comfort food” I broke my tradition of basting a turkey inside and out with PRESERVED LEMON PULP to prepare a TURKEY COUSCOUS from Mint Tea and Minarets: a...
San Diego Living Show, Channel 6, NOV. 2015
This link to San Diego's Channel 6, the CW, San Diego Living should be accessible until December 2015, I hope. It was great fun on sandiego6.com Monday, November 9, 2015 San Diego Living, 9AM Mint Tea and Minarets http://www.sandiego6.com/san-diego-living Please...
Recipes from San Diego Living, SD Channel 6, Nov. 9th, 2015 TV appearance
November 9, 2015 From Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories (La Caravane, 2013) Egg Tagine with Olives Serves 4 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, very finely diced 1 (14¼-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained ½ teaspoon sugar 10 green or purple...
Extra! Kasbah Chronicles, November 2015
Rain! Sun! Santa Anas in November! Ocean water at 70 degrees, also in November? El Nino is really rearing its head! All I can say at this moment, is that I still do a little rain dance when water actually FALLS FROM THE SKY! My sweet Scottie, Olive, now 12 years...
CHARMOULA marinade served at White House Dinner!
You'll find a recipe for this classic Moroccan marinade in each of my books! Obama Welcomes African Leaders for Unusual Dinner WASHINGTON — Aug 5, 2014, 10:49 PM ET White House dinner "The menu featured a largely American-style dinner with hints of Africa sprinkled...
The sound of a dove
Our Scottie, Olive, takes us for a walk just about every afternoon. Often, she insists we drive her to Oceanside Harbor where she chases after pigeons and gulls, frolics on the grassy strip, and picks up “messages” at the base of each palm tree. It’s amazing...
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...