What if the best way to understand a culture was to cook it? In Fes, food is one of the most intimate ways to discover the city's history. Recipes tell stories of families, communities and generations, while [...]
When October arrives, the landscape transforms as the country is adorned with golden and coppery hues. At the same time, the air becomes milder, and the markets fill with sun-ripened produce. Consequently, Moroccan tables are adorned with an array of [...]
How traditions are mixed and reinvented at the palais amani. The end of year olive trees make a wish come true, if you are the lucky one to add the first decoration. The amani wishing tree tradition has been created by the staff at the Palais Amani, and its magic is contagious.
Dreams and passion Chef Houssam demonstration Get to know the team members of the Fez Cooking School, how they live their lives in the medina in Fez, why they are here and what they aspire to. They are honest from the heart. We are [...]
‘But I have 5 kilos of Chebbakia in my hand luggage, that’s why it’s overweight’ says the man just ahead of me in the check-in queue for the Air Arabia flight to London Gatwick. The member of Fez airport ground crew hesitates then looks up [...]
Excerpts from latest article in the daily mail online ‘Now, confession time’ writes Liz Hoggard in the dailymail.co.uk ‘I don’t cook much’. In a delightful article on the Tajine and side dishes cooking workshop at Fez Cooking School, Liz Hoggard, one of the top writers [...]
Following the course of the river that bears the same name, Fez El-Bali spills down the hill from the plateau of the new town. In shades of cream and gold dotted with the green roofs of its places of worship, it sits there like [...]
Summer is out and the gold of Autumn starts to show Over the summer months they have been charred on charcoal, stuffed, peeled or mashed. One week saw them thinly sliced and sautéed, then sandwiched with delicate local cheese and piled high, as the [...]