Fatema Hal: The Interchange of Culinary Ideas Between Morocco and France
On Tuesday, Fatema’s talk (in French) is on “Maroc-France: La cuisine en partage” (“Sharing Food and Cuisine: Between Morocco and …
Tag Archives: Morocco
RAMADAN KARIM — The Fast
(I wrote this several years ago and include it here as a tribute to the Moroccans I knew then and …
Eating Around the Empire in a Day: The 1931 Paris International Colonial Exposition
To her sons who have extended the empire of her genius and made dear her name across the seas, France …
Couscous in France: It’s a Long Story
To look at all the Maghrebi/North African restaurants in Paris, you might be tempted to think the food they serve …
Fatéma Hal, Queen of Moroccan Cuisine in France
Fatéma Hal, a Moroccan chef with a penchant for busting female stereotypes, cooks traditional Moroccan food at her Parisian restaurant, …
Monkfish: A Little Love, French-Style
I first gazed on his ugly mug in French-influenced Morocco, more precisely at the fish market in Rabat. And like …
Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)
As it fell on a holy-day, And vpon an holy-tide-a, Iohn Dory bought him an ambling nag, To Paris for …
Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa
It’s Lent. That means fish to a lot of people, even today, despite the relaxed rules of the Church. But …
In Morocco (and Beyond), Flavor Principles
Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt)** According to Harva Hachten, in her Best of Regional African Cooking, “the North …
Idylls of Cuisine #21
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
