Discover Morocco Through Its Food

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Gargotes: Eating Where Moroccan Workers Eat

Gargotes: Eating Where Moroccan Workers Eat Walk past any medina at noon and you will hear it before you see it: the clatter of spoons, the hiss of a grill, a waiter shouting an order across a crowded room. Inside, taxi drivers, shopkeepers, masons and students are bent over steaming bowls at plastic tables. This…
Vegetarian in Morocco: What to Eat & How to Order

Vegetarian in Morocco: What to Eat & How to Order Morocco runs on meat: Friday couscous crowned with lamb, tagine menus leaning toward kefta and chicken, Marrakech’s famous tangia — beef sealed in a clay urn for hours. The word “vegetarian” barely exists in restaurant Darija. Say it in French and most waiters will understand…
Brochettes & Kefta: Grilled Meats Moroccan Street Style

Brochettes & Kefta: Grilled Meats Moroccan Street Style Every Moroccan city has a street you can find with your eyes closed. Late in the afternoon the air fills with wood smoke and sizzling fat: the grill men are setting up their long charcoal troughs for the evening. No neon sign, no printed menu — just…