When in Rome, I like to stay at Portrait Suites. I’ve never had a favorite hotel in Rome, as the nice ones were always too expensive and full of fanfare. I don’t need that. But I do like a good location, good design and friendly service. I get that and …
Tangia is only made in Marrakech and only by men, for men. It’s a treat prepared by bachelors for a party or an outdoor gathering accompanied by music and card playing.
The Kasbah is full of old friends and often new. They want to talk. Everything seems close to the heart.
“Peggy Markel is a peripatetic artisan goddess and Slow Food leader who hosts cooking tours to Morocco and Italy. She’s spent years of immersing herself in these intoxicating cultures, refining her tours to offer fun, peace, sensual pleasure and just the right balance of adventure and relaxation. Through it all, you’ll …
“‘Expressing myself has to do with feeding people not just literally as a cook but also by taking into account the whole being,’ [Peggy] says, ‘I look to nourish as deeply as I can through the experiences I provide and through seeing people for who they are and finding the …
“Our guide was Peggy Markel, a yogi with deep roots in the slow food movement who was traveling in Morocco on September 11, 2001. Overcome by the kindness and sympathy shown to her at the time by Muslim strangers, Markel made a commitment to showcase the country’s complex blend of …
“Peggy Markel was one of the first Americans to open a cooking school in Tuscany (in 1992). Local dishes like panzanella (bread salad) and ribollita (bread-vegetable soup) are her speciality.” Tuscan Cooking School Pioneers, written by Jen Murphy Food & Wine Magazine September 2007 Read more.
“For the past 15 years, Peggy Markel has done it all by combining her greatest passions into a dream job…it is obvious that Markel feels at home sitting around a kitchen table, talking and reminiscing.” PROFILE: Raging at the Sky, written by Natasha Gardener Women’s Magazine May 2007 Read more.
Slowing Down by Jessica Centers Denver Westword, March 2007 Peggy Markel was one of the first people to bring the slow-food movement to the United States. It started in Italy, where the Boulder resident designs and directs culinary tours… Click here to download pdf
An Appetite for Travel by Jennifer Merritt Travel Agent magazine, March 5, 2007 Delighting in the culinary treats of other countries is one of the main reasons people travel abroad… Click here ot download pdf