Couscous aux sept légumes dans un plat traditionnel / Moroccan couscous with seven vegetables in a traditional platter

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    Moroccan Café Culture: Ordering Coffee Like a Local

    Moroccan Café Culture: Ordering Coffee Like a Local Walk past any Moroccan café at ten in the morning and you will see the same scene from Tangier to Dakhla: a terrace full of small glasses, the hiss of an espresso machine that never stops, and men — mostly men, more on that later — settled…

  • Is Street Food Safe in Morocco? Tips for Tourists

    Is Street Food Safe in Morocco? Tips for Tourists

    The Honest Answer: Yes — With a Little Common Sense Here is the answer most travelers actually want: yes, street food in Morocco is generally safe to eat, and skipping it would mean missing one of the best parts of the trip. The sizzling brochettes on Jemaa el-Fna square, the harira ladled from a bubbling…

  • Sfenj: The Moroccan Donuts You Must Try

    Sfenj: The Moroccan Donuts You Must Try

    What Sfenj Actually Is Walk past any neighborhood in Morocco before 9 in the morning and your nose will find it before your eyes do: the smell of hot oil and fermenting dough drifting out of a tiny shopfront. Inside, a man with wet hands pulls lumps of impossibly sticky dough from a basin, pokes…

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I’m a Moroccan living in Canada who rediscovered his country’s food from a distance. FoodMaroc shares that journey — dish by dish, city by city.