What is Pessah? On the 15th of Nisan, the Hebrew calendar, begins a major and biblically derived Jewish holiday named Passover (i.e. Pessah). It refers to God “passing over” Jewish households during the 10th plague in Egypt, killing all of the first born but theirs. These sacred [...]
Fish and Foliage? Sardine Chermoula 'Mille Feuilles" Lightly fried sardines layered with the traditional ‘leaves’ of wafer thin pastry might sound like a strange combination, but the Sardine Chermoula ‘Mille feuilles’ (a million leaves as the traditional dessert is called in French) is a [...]
Moroccan Women Chefs, a rising awareness An unfortunate fact It is no secret that most of the world’s top chefs are men. It is also no secret that women create most of the fostered cuisines and homemade marvels. Morocco is no exception to this [...]
Gina Baske's first trip to Morocco On her first trip to Morocco, Gina Baske looks out « through double-height windows across a stunning palace Riad courtyard from my second floor luxury suite, with adrenaline-fuelled excitement ». Gina is « luxuriating in the impressive 100 square meters Grand [...]
John Dory or Golden Yellow, an unlovely fish to love. Presenting the John Dory Take a look at a John Dory and you wonder why anyone would want to eat it. Its flat bony body and lethal spike is not remotely appetising. And its [...]
Palais Amani: a memorable day, or how to learn the secrets of Sephardic cooking at the Fez Cooking School. We recently welcomed the Singer’s for a Sehardic cooking workshop. Their appreciation of what turned out to be a whole day is so evocative of [...]
Thanksgiving meets Eid Al Mawlid at Palais Amani This year, two calendars meet. Thanksgiving meets Eid Al Mawlid and this very rare event necessarily called for celebrations at the Palais Amani. On November 22nd, we celebrated the birth of the prophet and Thanksgiving for all our in-house guests [...]
An oasis of calm Our kind of oxymoron says Samia Qaiyum in a recent article where she writes about her impressions of an oasis of calm at Palais Amani. In a recent trip to Fez, Ms Qaiyum, fell upon and fell in love with Palais [...]
The success of foodie experiences by Tracey Davies in Click. By Booking.com Eat like a local or making "dough" out of food Travellers experiences in recent years have "morphed" from ticking off the things to see, to wanting to experience destinations through the eyes of a [...]
Couscous, a traditional moroccan dish Every Friday like clockwork in households all over Morocco, carrots, courgettes, turnips are bought, cut and cooked in order of their density. Seasonal vegetable variations such as aubergines and peppers in the summer, rich red pumpkin in the autumn or [...]