Moroccan food features the delicious flavors and health benefits of other Mediterranean cuisines, but tantalizes the senses with its own unique combinations of spices and simple ingredients. Grilled meats, vegetable or fruit tagines (stews), delicately spiced salads, couscous, and sweet or savory pastries are its hallmarks. Kitty Morse, who grew up in Casablanca, brings to this new book fascinating details about life and food in Morocco. Her approach to this exotic culinary tradition is surprisingly accessible yet authentic. With Morse's easy, step-by-step recipes and time-saving tips, any cook can create exquisite Moroccan flavors. On-location photos taken by the author's husband together with Laurie Smith's luscious stills create a beautiful insider's look at an intriguing cuisine and culture.
Kitty Morse was born in Casablanca, of a French mother and British father, and emigrated to the United States in 1964. She returns frequently to Morocco to spend time at her family's riad, Dar Zitoun, the subject of her latest book, Mint Tea and Minarets: a banquet of Moroccan memories. The book was a finalist in the San Diego Book Awards in June 2012.
Kitty's career as a food writer, cooking teacher, and lecturer, spans more than twenty-five years. She is the author of nine cookbooks, five of them on the cuisine of Morocco and North Africa. They include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen now in its ninth printing from Chronicle Books, The Scent of Orange Blossoms (Ten Speed Press), and The California Farm Cookbook (Pelican Publishing).
In recent years, she became author/publisher for the second edition of A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today's Table. She published Mint Tea and Minarets in December 2012.
