“Peggy Markel has an amazing repertoire of regional culinary expertise. Peggy lives part time in Colorado, then she travels the rest of the year to her cooking schools in Sicily, Tuscany and Morocco. In addition to her classes, she leads culinary adventures in these regions. Right now, Peggy is planning …
“Peggy Markel, entrepreneur, gastronome and world traveler, has designed and directed culinary tours since 1991. Her love of food and travel have developed into a livelihood as a cultural translator; opening doors to experiencing and understanding culinary traditions at their source.” Read more.
It’s the first week in April, 2009 and the surroundings of Marrakech are covered in an unusual carpet of green. Wild flowers, wheat fields and stretches of land that have rarely known grass, are bringing a lushness to the desert that has not been seen in 40 years.
“Although I knew her only from her “modern” life in Boulder and from traveling together in Europe, Peggy Markel actually grew up in Alabama. (Unrelated—or at least not directly related—to catfish, she runs a cooking school in Tuscany and food tours in Italy and Morocco.” Read more here.
“…For a more expansive culinary experience, including three classes with Bahija and ingredient-shopping tours of the Medina, Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures offers a ten-day trip to Marrakech with accommodations at Jnane Tamsna.” A Marrakech Cooking School Adventure, written by Lisa Abend Bon Appetit Magazine May 2008 Read more.
“I picked up the old-fashioned (and extremely beautiful) bellows and crouched down on the pavement to encourage the hot coals in my brazier. I was taking a tagging workshop, of all things, and one that just happened to be in paradise. Two colleagues and I were cooking and eating our way …
It was snowing in Colorado when I left. I hopped a plane to Marrakech and felt the warm winds descend and envelope me, stripping coats, shoes, and winter blues right off my body as if they dissolved into thin air.
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.
