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While in Morocco, if I want to say “thank you” I say “shukran” (arabic)….click on the audio above to hear how not to say….

When visiting the entrancing city of Marrakech you are faced with the decision to stay in either a hotel or riad (former mansion turned into a B&B)…if you are looking to relax your stay away poolside with a cocktail in hand, I would go the hotel route…but if you are longing to experience the real [...]

When booking this last trip to Morocco, I did not realize that the holy month of Ramadan was taking place until after I purchased my non-refundable airline tickets. For those who do not know, during the month of Ramadan, muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
At first I was panic stricken when I discovered we would be [...]

My favorite tajine I had in Morocco was the kefta tajine, which is a meatball in tomato sauce tajine.
Ingredients
 for the kefta (meatballs)
:
1lb ground beef

1 onion, very finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp coriander

1 egg

small bunch of parsley, finely chopped

salt and black pepper 


A hammam (which in arabic means “spreader of warmth”) is a traditional cleansing ritual that many Moroccans take part of once a week.
Think of a hammam as an oversized sauna.  You first enter a warm steam room to let your pores open, followed by a coating of olive oil soap.  Then comes the part that [...]