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Category: Morocco

February 25, 2018March 31, 2019

seven centuries of bstila

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April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

Sweetening the sofra: a sweet & sour dinner menu

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January 16, 2017January 16, 2017

amuse-bouche: zucchini nest

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The Recipe as Colonial Archive, Part 3: Seven Salads

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016

The Recipe as Colonial Archive, Part 3: Seven Salads

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the recipe as colonial archive, part 2: a classic in translation

May 26, 2015February 24, 2018

the recipe as colonial archive, part 2: a classic in translation

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the recipe as colonial archive: qamama chicken from a frenchwoman in fes

January 15, 2015February 24, 2018

the recipe as colonial archive: qamama chicken from a frenchwoman in fes

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borrowed words & the unchanging sea

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014

borrowed words & the unchanging sea

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March 14, 2014March 14, 2014

on print & postcards, word & image {and teasers}

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February 7, 2014February 15, 2014

boycott politics (there is no boycotting politics)

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I study culinary history and literature in North Africa and the Arabic speaking world; this blog is a record of what happens when I put my research and passions into play at my own stove. I translate flavors & dishes from across the Middle East and North Africa into accessible recipes for the home cook––with a few large dashes of historical & cultural commentary.

While most of the recipes featured here hail from the Middle East & North Africa or elsewhere in the Mediterranean, I also love to cook anything that happens to be in season. A recipe index lists all recipes alphabetically; you can also browse by category or search for keywords below.

For less cooking and more history & literature, check out my research blog. You can read more about my work and other writing here.

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Gramming with Gaul

Slow bread, fast soup. Sourdough loaf + red lentil-coconut-cilantro soup.

Typing on an old school Underwood is exhausting and unforgiving compared to the smooth clicks and taps of the modern laptop. Rewriting ethnographic notes about the monumental Riad Belghazi (pictured here) into the introduction to the next section of this chapter on #bastilla was hard, but typing it here forced me to choose my words carefully, be concise, and focus on the (literal) mechanics rather than get wrapped up in the overload of sensory details I was trying to condense and convey. #acwriting #amwriting #fes #riad #writing #writingtipsandtricks #writingtips✏️

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