It was after a long morning on the beach of Essaouira that we stumbled into the medina to find something for lunch. Well equipped with a list of requests from the rest of the family we found a “snak” stand to place a very large order. It was during this last visit to Morocco …
Moroccan Food
My recipe today is for Mechoui. I’ve posted portions of this recipe before but not with good pictures. I want to share this again because lamb is often overlooked on the American table. I can say before visiting Morocco I had never eaten lamb and had no desire to try. The first few times I …
Boulfaf is a simple dish of grilled lamb liver made in Morocco every year for Eid al Adha. While I have only tried it once, I do prepare it and can never escape it. When a sheep is slaughtered every single piece of the animal is either used or eaten. The order of things eaten …
Tajines do not go over couscous! I haven’t been able to pinpoint why this irks me but I am constantly seeing American and other Western chefs guilty of pairing couscous with tajine. Now you all know I am one for innovation, adding something new and so if that’s what the dish is all about, …
One of the most unique items that has come in our CSA box is soybeans…on the stalk. Trust me my first thought was, what am I ever going to do with this? A little research showed me that you can’t eat the beans on the pod. That’s a good thing because the pods are a …
This is K. Have you met him? He’s 4 and he’s always been a very picky eater. If it wasn’t a chicken nugget or chocolate milk he wasn’t even going to try it. One night, MarocBaba made this; It’s flour soup. Yes you heard me right. I’ve been searching to see if there is a …