Moroccan salads are so important to the dinner table. One of the easiest, is this tomato and onion salad. It’s always on the table if there is fish being served and you’re likely to find it in regular rotation with many other meals as well. It may become a new favorite after you give it [...]
I love scouring the condiment aisle at any market I find myself in. When traveling it’s one of the most interesting aisles to explore. You can learn so much about people and their food culture. I never knew mayonnaise was so easy to make! As part of my preparation to move to Morocco, I’ve been [...]
The tajine is a Moroccan slow-cooker. It’s an ancient cooking pot originally used by the indigenous Berbers of North Africa. It is not only the word used to describe the cooking vessel but the meal contained inside. Braniya happens to be one of MarocBaba’s favorite meals, though it was only this year that he “remembered.” [...]
Morocco isn’t known for it’s coffee culture but I’ve found the “coffee culture” inside of many Moroccan homes to be my favorite part of the day. Arabica coffee sometimes mixed with spices and sometimes alone is brewed thick and served with plenty of sweet, whole milk. In honor of Mother’s Day in the United States [...]
If you asked my mom, she would probably tell you I wasn’t a very adventurous eater when I was a child. I liked all of the things every other Midwestern child liked. Hot dogs and hamburgers, casseroles, and of course heavy doses of starches like pasta, bread, and potatoes. It’s what we ate. It’s what [...]
I was lucky enough to gain an advance viewing of Unity Productions Foundation latest feature Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World. I am a bit of a documentary geek and was interested to see how this story would be told. I was captivated. This video is one of the most beautiful and interesting films I [...]
This month I’m participating in the BlogHer Book Club and the selection was The Underside of Joy by Sere Prince Halverson. As I’ve shared a few times on here I am an avid reader. That being said this is not the type of book I normally pick up. I like sticking to old favorites [...]
This is truly a Moroccan cookbook love year. First it was Paula Wolfert’s Food of Morocco and then [amazon_link id="1579654290" target="_blank" ]Mourad: New Moroccan[/amazon_link] from Mourad Lahlou. There have been many articles like this one, and this one, and this one, in the press about the way that each of these authors present Moroccan food. It [...]
Eid Mubarak! I’ve had a really busy weekend and I’m sure that many of you have as well. I wanted to just share a really quick idea that I had today. Because it’s a holiday I did a lot of cooking and a lot of sharing of foods I have made. Inevitable someone always asks [...]
Ramadan is about a week away and I’ve been busy starting to cook and freeze some of our staples for the month. One thing that I always struggle with is eating breakfast. During this month Muslims do not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, and with this holiday falling in the summer that length [...]
It’s now been a few weeks since I’ve gotten back from Eat, Write, Retreat and I’ve had lots of time to play around with all my new goodies from the conference. While I really love everything that we were given these are the ones that really stuck out and I’ve either eaten all that I [...]
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