A rite of passage when growing up in Wisconsin is attending the fish fry. Traditionally these were held Friday nights during Lent. But, just about any supper club or family style restaurant has a Friday fish fry. Dressing up and going out to dinner with grandparents Friday night was a BIG deal! Interestingly enough Moroccans …
Moroccan Food
In the US, this weekend is a holiday weekend. For our family it kicks off a summer of visiting family, picnics, fireworks, parades and travel. As a child Memorial Day weekend was an extra day off of school. It also meant that on occasion my grandma would drag me to the cemetery for a memorial …
As much as I love cooking, eating, and writing about Moroccan food I love reading about other peoples’ experience with Moroccan food too. I’ve always been a fan of Global Table Adventure and have been waiting for Sasha to get to Morocco. Her series just finished and her final post gave me a good idea …
I first heard about corn grit couscous from Paula Wolfert (trust me she’s my catalyst to so many uncovered corners of Moroccan cooking). I was apprehensive. I was puzzled. I really didn’t think it would be good – at all. The image I have of grits is a gooey sticky mess with some butter and …
As World War Two ended many Moroccans hoped that foreign powers would leave Morocco to their independence however this was far from the reality of what was to happen next. Sultan Mohammed V had ruled Morocco as judiciously as possible during the war however once hostilities were over the French attempted to tighten control and …
The most well known Moroccan soup is harira thanks to its daily appearance during Ramadan but there are other Moroccan soups that aren’t as well known. This Moroccan shrimp recipe is one of those soups. Moroccan shrimp soup is really one of my favorites and I’d pick it over harira! We needed something warm but …