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Moroccan Collection: Traditional Flavors from Northern Africa

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From fiery chillied fish to cooling, refreshing mint tea the Moroccan Collection by author Hilaire Walden is full of inspiration and atmosphere. The beautiful photos and book layout are evocotive of souk markets with their vibrant colours and aromas but at the same time give clear illustrations of what the food should look like when recreated at home.

The recipes are well laid out with the majority accompanied by a photo. Ingredients are listed in bold type to one side of the page, the method is given in a clear numbered sequence, and best of all most recipes have a short explanation of the dish's history or some background to the ingredients. Ingredients used are those found easily in the west and explanations of traditional methods are given when they are no longer necessary to acheive the desired results today - for instance when using 'instant' couscous. Walden has also adapted the recipes, when necessary, to suit a western palate for example reducing the amount of oil used traditionally in some recipes. No Moroccan book worth its salt would be without lots of lamb and seafood (of many varieties) and chicken recipes, but there are also lots of grain and vegetable dishes and some luscious middle eastern sweets. Yummy!

Sit back with this book and soak up the atmosphere - or - head straight for your (better equipped than the Moroccan home) kitchen and whip up a dinner of nutty couscous and rice salad accompanied by saffron chicken with apricots.

"The Morocco Collection" is authentic and accurate. The recipes are easy to follow and have ingredients most of us can find in the US. I really recommend "Moroccan Prawns with Spices". One of the couscous recipes works well with as does bread. The recipe for "Eggplants with Fruited Couscous" is also wonderful. If you're interested in Moroccan cuisine, you'll really appreciate this book.

I purchased this to help me use my new tagine. The photgraphy in this book makes you want to try the recipes. The recipes are flavorful. I don't eat meat, but there were plenty of seafood and vegetable recipes.

The book itself is very well done. Nice pictures & well laid out. Not all of the recipes are to my liking. But others are quite tasty! Those are the ones that make this book purchase more that worthwhile...yum! yum!

I am of Morrocan descent and was very much looking forward to learning how to cook authentic morrocan food. While the pictures are very pretty and ingrediants all look good none of the recipes I tried came out tasting quite right.