Research Catalog

Title

Morocco : a culinary journey with recipes from the spice-scented markets of Marrakech to the date-filled oasis of Zagora / text and photographs by Jeff Koehler.

Author

Koehler, Jeff

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, c2012.

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Description

223 p. : col. ill., col. map; 26 cm.

Summary

• Presents an introduction to the food of Morocco, with eighty recipes for appetizers, tangine, couscous dishes, and stuffed pastries, along with a discussion of the country's history and diverse culinary culture.
• With a wide range of exotic flavors and cooking styles, Morocco includes 80 recipes with Spanish influences, rustic Berber styles, complex, palace-worthy plates, spicy tagines, and surprisingly easy to make street food. From piquant appetizers like cumin-spiced potato fritters, to classic tagine and couscous entrees, and stuffed pastries like Seafood Pastilla, to fragrant sweets like Honeyed Phyllo Triangles Stuffed with Almonds, and, of course, Mint Tea, this beautiful collection of recipes surprises and inspires the home cook. Gorgeous photographs of such iconic Moroccan scenes as the markets of Marrakech and the date-filled oasis of Zagora capture the diverse flavors of this sun-splashed country.

Subjects

• Cookbooks
• Cooking, Moroccan

Genre/Form

Cookbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 216) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A brief culinary history -- A cook's tour of the land -- The Moroccan pantry -- Bread and savory pastries -- Soups and legumes -- Street food -- Fresh and cooked salads -- Meats -- Eggs and poultry -- Fish and shellfish -- Couscous -- Sweets and desserts -- Drinks.

ISBN

• 9780811877381 (hbk.)
• 0811877388 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 793867768
• SCSB-11922348

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library