Product Description

Bringing the tastes and textures of Moroccan cuisine to home kitchens.

The Food of Morocco is a culinary journey to the souks of Marrakech, the kitchens of Rabat, Casablanca's teahouses and Fez's banquet tables. Jane Lawson reveals the essence of Moroccan cooking -- a diversified meld of spices and enticing flavors.

Vibrant regional photographs capture the colors of Morocco's bustling medinas. Helpful hints and instructional photographs accompany each recipe, making this great cuisine accessible to cooks at all levels of experience. A glossary of ingredients and equipment demystifies the unfamiliar. Guidelines on using specific techniques plus helpful substitution tips ensure that all palates will be satisfied.

Some of the tantalizing recipes are:

• Lamb kebabs
• Chicken soup with couscous
• Meatball tagine with herbs and lemon
• Couscous with lamb and seven vegetables
• Festive chicken pie
• Fish with harissa and olives
• Figs with honey and yogurt.

About The Food of... series
A culinary journey around the world.

Each book in The Food of... series is a comprehensive introduction to the world's great cuisine. These books feature more than 100 delicious recipes that highlight each country's culinary treasures. With instructive color photographs throughout, each recipe helps readers choose and identify produce, from vegetables and flavorings to street snacks, sweets, and colorful and exotic fruits. Feature sections explore the essence of each culture's food and cooking techniques.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #386164 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

About the Author

Jane Lawson is the author of many cookbooks with international themes. A past winner of a Gourmand World Cookbook Award, she is a consultant to various food-related businesses and publications.

Customer Reviews

Best fish stew ever! Fun to make and worth the effort!
The spices of Morocco are favorites and "The Food of Morocco" won't disappoint! Even though we don't eat meat or poultry, there are so many wonderful vegetarian and seafood dishes to choose from that make this book more than worth the price.

The fish stew is truly one of our favorites and we have made and shared this dish on many different occasions. From roasting the peppers on gas burners, chopping the onions and cilantro, and adding fire-roasted tomatoes, cumin, harissa, bay leaves with fresh caught chunks of local white fish, we always enjoy the preparation of this really tasty and beautifully finished stew.

The vegetarian recipes using pumpkin, eggplant, lentils, broad beans and preserved lemons are are all tasty, healthy and fun to make. I love having the beautiful photography of all the finished recipes and a glimpse into the history of the food, Morocco's culture and those intriging markets of Morocco.

Julie

Gorgeous color photographs, inspires you to cook!
I bought this book in the bargain section at Borders. I think it was $7.99 or something like that. What a great deal for a hardcover oversized book filled with gorgeous color photographs of both the food and life in Morocco. I was very much inspired to cook from this book because of those things. I'm vegan so the meat recipes were inspiration to change ingredients to suit my diet. There are several veggie friendly recipes that made me happy some of which are Tagine of Chickpeas, Pumpkin and Lentil Stew, Fava Bean Dip, Orange & Carrot Salad and many others. Can't wait to cook out of this book more.

Beautiful pictures, great background articles, delicious
I have thrown myself into Moroccan cooking because of this book and my family has been enjoying simple to prepare meals, easy to assemble spices (compared to Indian cooking) and great leftovers. We love the chicken with onions and chickpeas recipe on page 103. ...the layout and pictures are beautiful.