Ghoriba Semolina Cookies Excerpted from Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen Makes about 4 dozen Did you know that the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Greeks, all cultivated sesame seeds and sometimes used them as packing material? Ghoriba...
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The Kasbah Chronicles July 2018: More Vietnam and more Morocco!
June and July 2018LA VACHE QUI RIT IS EVERYWHERE! A Vietnamese snack... MUSINGS. . . more Vietnam adventuresWhen in Hue, head for Han’sYou missed a good one: Book Club Bingo and Novel NetworkCalifornia Center for the Arts: Watercolor ShowGot art? Need frames?Very,...
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....
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...
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...
ALO Magazine/Mint Tea and Minarets
MInt Tea and MInarets and recipes reviewed in http://www.alomagazine.com/culture/cuisine/MoroccanCuisine/ Alo magazine is dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa: “ALO magazine has served as a forum for understanding the Middle Eastern culture and a tool for...
Happy Thanksgiving from the kasbah
Happy Thanksgiving! Photography by Owen Morse Squash and Sweet Potato Purée with Red Bell Pepper Confetti I can hardly believe that November has come around again. Somehow, the fact has difficulty sinking in when it is 90 degrees...
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...
Encore fava beans!
A New Way to Cook with Fava Beans! Leaves included! Some of you may know of my taste for fresh fava beans, that most underrated bean, at least among US cooks. Fava beans always come to mind at this time of the year, especially around Easter and Passover....
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...