SHAPE sniffs out the best cooking schools in the most alluring settings around the world: “Immerse yourself into a world of exquisite luxury, bucolic beauty, heady hospitality and a symphony of tastes with Peggy Markel’s adventures.” What’s Cooking In Paradise? SHAPE Middle East Magazine June 2011 Read more.
The honey colored beaches of Morocco’s Atlantic coast stretch out, scalloping around rock promontories, offering seemingly endless miles to nowhere.
Angelo Cabani is a mentor of mine. A spectacular chef, with big eyes, a big mustache, and a huge appetite for fine and tasty fish.His restaurant, Locanda Miranda, is located in what he likes to call his “gastronomic hotel” by the sea. It is perched above the Bay of Poets …
Mubarak took us up the long winding trail above the Kasbah to the closest village called Ammand. Breathtaking in everyway, the splendor of white on white is a freshness that penetrates the dullest of senses. White cherry blossoms in the green valley, practically holds hands with a snow capped Mt. Toubkal at 13,655 ft. The sky is beyond blue. The call to prayer bounces off the nearby mountains as the runoff rushes full on in a waterfall down to the valley below.
Yet, this time, there was some worry about arriving amid political unrest, which is quite rare if ever. After Tunisia and Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain, Algeria and Libya followed suit. Some of these North African countries fared better than others during the protests, and Libya no doubt was like upsetting a hornet’s nest.
With talk of earthquakes, tsunami’s and supermoons, everyday life here in the palmeraie outside of Marrakech, is thankfully quiet and peaceful.
We just found this delightful blog at My Marrakesh. Morocco, Libya, Bahrain, Iran and, really, the world: A tale of Persian Love Cake
Hi Peggy: I joined you on your Tuscan trip in Sept, 2002 with my friend Pat. I am thinking about Morocco for my next culinary and cultural adventure, but I’m concerned about the political unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and that region in general. What are your thoughts?
Writing about Capri today, I savor the thought of fresh cherry tomatoes with wild arugula, a signature summer dish with fruity extra-virgin olive oil. But in February, I am in Colorado, and this winter salad strikes a cord. It has a European sensibility and taste for a winter’s want for …
The Finkelstein Family +Captain Tony and my son Graham (standing), enjoying lunch aboard our trusty vessel, off of Italy’s Amalfi coast. Each month, we receive inquiries from travelers who are eager to join one of our programs to Italy, India, Spain or Morocco, but who often can’t make the dates …