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Things are really pass down!!!! Must have book!!!
When I read this cook book I realize how things are just pass down through generations. Regardless if you've been born in this country. The cooking styles are the same and I soon realize how the women in my family cook must of the food that's in this book... This is an amazing book and Thank You too the Chef!!! It just brings back memories....:-))

Soul is the Proper Noun
Having been to Africa, I know a little about the enchantment of at least parts of that vast continent.I admit I love Africa, Africans, and African food. I've looked for a book like this for quite a while and I am not at all diappointed at what I see here.I love the way this book is organized and written, and it is not the recipes alone that have whetted my appetite.The stunning photographs have made me long for a return trip so I can greedily consume the colors and sounds as well as the food of these exotic places.Until then, this book is the next best thing to being there!

outstanding
I am about half way through this book now, an excellent lesson in African food and reference book, as a Certified Executive Chef it is a prize to my library right next to the french laundry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, African    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. International And Ethnic Cookery    5. Regional & Ethnic - African    6. Africa    7. Cooking / General    8. Food & Drink / Cookery   

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SimpleYetGreatRecipes
I borrowed this book from my local library and enjoyed it so much that I purchased my own copy.Every recipe is tasty and not very difficult to put together.I own quite a few cookbooks, and this is one I refer to over and over.What a find!
Artistic, simple, unpretentious
This is a beautiful and useful book, simplicity itself, that is written in a way that is as poetic, soulful, simple, and unpretentious as the cuisine it explores.The book instructed me not only how to prepare these dishes technically, but also how to appreciate their profound artistic and culinary value.As a great amateur of all things Middle-Eastern, this book is one of my most prized posessions.

the essence of Moroccan cooking
While living in Morocco for six months, I learned to cook with my host mother. When I returned home I began to look for a cookbook with which to recreate my experiences. I hoped to find something that included both simple staples and more elaborate recipes that show off the potential complexity of Moroccan flavoring. I looked through a lot of cookbooks both here and in France (where there is a large Maghrebi community), and finally decided that this book was the best of the lot.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Moroccan    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - African    5. Regional & Ethnic - Middle Eastern    6. Cooking / Middle Eastern    7. General cookery    8. Middle East    9. National & regional cuisine   

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North Africa is the home to one of the world's great cuisines.Redolent of saffron, cumin and cilantro, Moroccan cooking can be aselegant or as down-home hearty as you want it to be. In Read more

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A very good guide to Moroccan food!
When we got this book, my husband looked through every page from cover to cover with excitement.He took a pencil and circled all of the recipes that he loved, or sounded good to him.He circled a large portion of the book!!I have grown to love Moroccan food since I got married, and more so since our trip to Morocco!The only down side is that there isn't that large of variety of recipes.I am searching for more variety, since my husband only wants a certain few moroccan meals.I will never get rid of this book!I love it, and it makes a great foundation for your Moroccan cooking library!

Tears of Joy
Greetings Amazon Readers: Back before there was an "amazon.com." I fell in love with Moroccan food (and decor) after visiting a local Moroccan restaurant in the Los Angeles area. I quickly gave my living room a Moroccan makeover and patiently waited for the book to arrive by mail from the publisher in New York. When I opened it tears of joy dropped onto the title page (true).
Buy It!!!
This cookbook is incredible!It is definitely well worth every penny and the best Moroccan cookbook Amazon.com has available.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery, Moroccan    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Reference    5. Regional & Ethnic - African    6. Regional & Ethnic - Middle Eastern    7. Cooking / General    8. Morocco    9. National & regional cuisine   

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A Hit at a Moroccan Dinner Party
My course was dessert at a recent dinner and I found the recipe for Moroccan chocolate cake in this book.It was an amazing hit at the dinner party and one of the best desserts we have ever had at our gourmet dinners.
A Beautiful Cookbook
So I immediately preserved a quart of lemmons which will be done in about 2 more weeks.A key ingredient in quite a few of the recipes.Other ingredients are not always readily available to me here in the PNW.Have tried only one tajine recipe so the jury is still out but so far I give it 3 stars.

Delicious Recipes, Great Pictures
I love to cook and I am an avid cookbook collector. I was looking for a "modern" moroccan cookbook for a long time. Finally I found one. All the recipies are well-thought-out, simple and delicious. Chef/Author Hassan M'Souli combines the traditional Moroccan recipes with the the innovative and fresh perspective of Australian way of cooking. Great forentertaining and cooking for the family. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. International And Ethnic Cookery    4. Regional & Ethnic - African    5. Regional & Ethnic - General    6. Regional & Ethnic - Mediterranean   

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authentic and great recipes!
My husband is a Moroccan and I am a Taiwanese. I love Moroccan food and always want to learn how to make those delicious dishes my mother-in-law made. When I bought this book, my husband and his brother thought the recipes must be westernized. After they tasted my Briouats(shrimp and ground beef) and B'stilla (seafood and chicken), they changed their minds. Most recipes are authentic and easy to follow. It's a great book. I love it!

Rockin' the Kasbah
Cooking at the Kasbah by Kitty Morse is one of my favorite Morroccan/North African cook books.This book has deliciously wonderful recipes such as K'seksoo Be�daoui (Couscous Casablanca style) and Briouats, not to mention several tangine recipes.The photography in this book is excellent and Morse gives good information about the cuisine and to some extent culture of Morocco.I loved the section on the Moroccan Kitchen which details a list of certain ingredients that make the cuisine so unique. excellent cookbook for an advanced cook
For cooks who really know their stuff, and love making spectacular and complex meals, this is a great resource. This book enables me to lay out a phenomenal spread that amazes and delights my friends. There are a few very simple recipes as well, which make creating a full meal quite feasible in a normal kitchen. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Moroccan    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Eating customs    5. Food habits    6. Moroccan cooking    7. Morocco    8. Regional & Ethnic - African    9. Regional & Ethnic - Mediterranean    10. Cooking / Mediterranean    11. General cookery    12. National & regional cuisine   

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Hard to understand ...
I have owned this cookbook for many years.I love Ethiopian food and eat it whenever I can afford to eat out at my local Ethiopian restaurant.
re: rue
While looking for an Ethiopian cookbook, I came across the discussion about "rue" and felt I had to point out that "rue" is indeed an herb, while the flour-and-fat thickening mixture used in cooking is actually spelt "roux".

Re: Rue
I haven't read the cookbook, although I've been contemplating purchasing it at my local Ethiopian grocery for weeks now.I just wanted to set the record straight on rue-- it is both a mildly poisonous herb, and a base used for thickening mixtures, usually made of fat and flour.No idea which the book is referring to, but it would be good to get it straight, both for the sake of your recipe and for that of any pregnant women you might invite to dinner! ... Read more

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A mouth-watering, menu-inspiring compendium of step-by-step recipes
Cooking Moroccan by Tess Mallos is a mouth-watering, menu-inspiring compendium of step-by-step recipes showcasing some of the best of Moroccan ethnic and regional cuisine. Superbly enhanced by gorgeous photography throughout, the recipes range from Fava Bean Dip; Preserved Lemon and Tomato Salad; Filled Savory Pancakes; and Lamb Tagine with Sweet Tomato Jam; to Couscous with Chicken and Vegetables; Briouats with Goat Cheese; Trout Stuffed with Dates; and Fried Honey Cakes. Thoroughly "kit-chen cook friendly", Cooking Moroccan is especially recommended for those who have a special interest in authentic ethnic cooking in general, and North African cuisines in particular.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cookery, Moroccan    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Regional & Ethnic - African    6. Sale Books   

Editorial Review

Colette Rossant's privileged childhood was marked by tragedy and dislocation. Her father, the Egyptian descendant of Sephardic Jews who eventually settled in Cairo, met her French mother in Paris, where he was the European buyer for his father's department store. He died in 1939 when Colette was only 7, and her mother then left her in Cairo with her grandparents. She returned three years later to enroll Colette in a convent school in the hope that her daughter would convert to Catholicism, much to the chagrin of her in-laws. Although Rossant's memoir of these wrenching events is often sad, it's leavened by a wonderfully sensuous evocation of Middle Eastern life in the 1930s and '40s, including recipes for the savory foods that nurtured her childhood: Read more

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A Cute Memoir of a Book
I found this book at a landmark bookstore on Picadilly Street in London, England.It was titled APRICOTS ON THE NILE, A Memoir With Recipes.I just realized via a search on Amazon that the title is different here in the USA.I like the English title better.This book is a 'must get' for anyone who cooks.There will be some recipes that sound "ugh", but many are mouth watering.Personally, I liked the Tomato Salad(s), Roast Chicken on a Bed of Leeks, Meatballs with Apricot Sauce, Angel Hair Pasta with Nuts, Vegetable Salad, Traditional Hummus, Christmas Four-Meat Pate, Lentil Soup, and Roast Leg of Lamb.The book is more than just recipes, though.You will be taken on a cultural trip through Cairo, Egypt and Paris, France through the eyes of a little girl & a woman who has not lost sight of her ancestral heritage.It's a quick and enjoyable read where you'll be thrust into memories of a wonderful childhood...try it, you'll like it.Smiles :)

Lovely memoir with recipes
This is a lovely little memoir with recipes. Colette Rossant is reminiscing about her childhood years growing up with her Jewish Egyptian grandparents in their mansion in Cairo during WWII. This poor little rich girl who was abandoned by her French mother, grew closer to the kitchen, and the cook Ahmed. Colette remembers many of the special recipes prepared by Ahmed and incorporates them into this nostalgic memoir of her childhood days. This is a lovely and sentimental memoir about the Egyptian belle epoque that also includes some savory Egyptian recipes with a gourmet twist.

Want to know about Egypt? Read this book
This book is not only charming but is beautifully written.I had tears in my eye as I read it.The recipes are mouth watering and I ran to buy some Egyptian ingredients to try the recipes. Colette Rossant gives an evocative picture of the life of a Jewish family during second world war. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Cookery, Egyptian    6. Editors, Journalists, Publishers    7. Egyptian cooking    8. General    9. Journalists    10. Regional & Ethnic - African    11. Biography: general    12. Cooking / African    13. Egypt    14. Food & Drink / Cookery    15. Rossant, Colette   

Subjects:  1. African American cookery    2. American Regional Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Regional & Ethnic - Soul Food    7. Cooking / African    8. National & regional cuisine    9. USA   

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Good Home Style West African Food
This book truelly accomplishes the West African style, specifically Nigerian style, of cooking. My husband and I have enjoyed cooking many of these recipes. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to experience true west african cooking.

Good recipes
I love the presentation of the recipes and dishes in this book of traditional african cuisine. I am an Igbo woman who was born in the U.S. and I wanted a book to guide me in making some of my favorite dishes from childhood. Food has a healing, therapeutic lulling quality to it and there is just nothing like HOME COOKIN... This is IT for me! Thank you Miss Dokpe for your excellent work!

Well-balanced guide to West African food
Those of us who hanker after the authentic African taste we grew up with will be pleased with the recipes in the book. Although some of the recipes are labelled with slightly different names, and they may not be just as we knew them, the taste will take you back to good times of street food and full stomachs. The only better African cookbooks I know are "Wild Boar on the Kitchen Floor" and the "Crocodile Cookbook". I think they're both out of print. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / African    3. Africa    4. Cookbook,    5. Cookery    6. Exotic    7. International Food    8. Recipes   

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great book, but what happened to that price?
This is a great Middle Eastern cook book that has served me well forten years.Thought I'd replace my copy but had a little sticker shockover the price. Authentic, Luscious and easy to follow and prepare
I borrowed this book from a friend 4 years ago and copied two of the recipes There is one for Cous Cous which is excellent and easy to prepare and the sauce is wonderful.I had an opportunity to go to an authenticMorrocan restaurant and was surprised how much my Cous Cous tasted liketheirs and I used his recipe and I have finally found the book afterlooking for so long ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Middle Eastern    2. Cookery, Near Eastern    3. Cookery, North African    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Regional & Ethnic - African    7. Regional & Ethnic - Middle Eastern    8. Non-Classifiable   

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Superb cookbook of a great flavorful cuisine
This cookbook by Ghillie Basan shows Moroccan cuisine at its best: flavorful dishes which are quite easy to prepare. If you have never tried Moroccan food and like bold flavors, you should really give this cookbook a try. If you have been on holiday in Morocco and you are craving for some of the food you had over there, you will be pleasantly surprised with the quality of these recipes.
Modern perfection
This book is the rare combination of stunning coffee table pictography and invaluable recipe collection.Every recipe is perfect and restaurant-ready but simple enough to shine at home.Perhpas my favorite cookbook, and definitely in the top 5! ... Read more

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Excellent!
This book is absolutely brilliant for Ghanaians who have never lived in Ghana or who no longer live at home and want all mum's recipes and more in one easy to follow guide!!

Thank God Someone Thought to Write This Book!
I am married to a man who happens to be from ghana.We live here in the U.S.It is very hard to cook at times because i usually end up cooking the same things over and over again.Although I can cook some dishes fromGhana, there was so much more that I knew of, but never knew the recipefor.I wanted to be able to cook more than just a couple of dishes fromGhana, so I searched for a book like this.I could have asked familymemebers, but there is a great language barrier, which made that attemptuseless.Now that I have this book, it has helped me to make my husbandfeel like he's "back home" in his mom's kitchen.Had I done iton my own, it would have took me years to get these authentic recipes, butthanks to Mr. Oto and his wife, I could probably teach my husband a thingor two!Read more

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Casa Moro - Sam and Sam Clarke
A must have book for anyone with an understanding of good ingredients. The recipes are fantastic! Love it!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beverages - Non-Alcoholic    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - African    5. Regional & Ethnic - Spanish    6. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction    7. COOKERY, NORTH AFRICAN    8. COOKERY, SPANISH    9. Cooking / General    10. Cooking / Spanish    11. Morocco    12. National & regional cuisine    13. Spain   

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Are we talking about the same cookbook?
When even rice pudding doesnt turn out right, after following the directions to the letter....you can safely say that a cookbook was poorly written.
Authentic, delicious food
Having grown up in Egypt, I had no idea what I took for granted. Delicious stuffed tomatoes, fresh lemony salads, vine leaves, meat stews.It's such a pleasure to find a book that allows me to recreate these meals I had back at home. It's easy to follow and the ingredients are readily available here in the States.I recommend this book for everyone.

Featuring classic dishes that perfectly capture the staples of Egyptian cuisine
First published twenty years ago, and now in a revised and expanded edition with over eighty new recipes added by author Samia Abdennour, Egyptian Cooking And Other Middle Eastern Recipes is a spiral-bound cookbook featuring classic dishes that perfectly capture the staples of Egyptian cuisine. A handful of color photographs illustrate the simple and practical instructions for creating such Middle Eastern delicacies as Falafels, Duck Pot Roast, Baked Rice With Milk, Hot Yogurt Soup, Pickled Eggplant, and so much more. A glossary, list of common spices and cooking utensils, and index round out this "must-have" cookbook for anyone interested in savoring Egyptian cuisine.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Regional & Ethnic - African    4. Regional & Ethnic - Middle Eastern    5. Cooking / Middle Eastern    6. Egypt    7. National & regional cuisine   

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The African Kitchen
An inspiring book in every way! Get this book if you are interested in real Africa and African cooking. The recipes are great and the photo's give you real insight into the safari travel and the bush lifestyle.

Will make you want to take a safari
I really have enjoyed this book.It gives you an insight into African cooking and the beautiful scenery.I had the pleasure of meeting Josie Stow at Tswalu and sampled some of the recipes in the book.They are incredible.Most of the items are easy to prepare and the photos will make you want to go there!

GET THIS WONDERFUL BOOK RIGHT THIS SECOND
The book is simply stunning, I was most impressed with the food and images. I reccomend the termite mound pizza, although with all the termites it isn't really a veggie dish, you can always pick them off....(he he ha ha)Read more

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Good recipes, but not well ordered
If you love Moroccan food but have never made it, this is the book for you. The steps for preparation are easy to follow and the food is delicious. However, the recipes are not as well categorized as they should be. Recipes seem to follow a certain indexing, but once you flip through the pages they are all over the place. I want all my main dishes under main dishes ... not the case here. ... Read more

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Practical Egyptian Cooking sans Pictures
This is an authentic cookbook, it's been around for almost 20 years, and I've happily made a variety of recipes. The instructions are brief, and helpful. The Iman Bayaldi is prepared different than the style I'm used to..and still very good. Most dishes have 6 or less ingredients...pretty easy to gather up!If it had pictures, I'd have rated it higher--it's so helpful to have the right "look" for authenticity. There's over 300 recipes. The recipes are for 4-6 persons, easy to adjust.The table of contents issparse; the index can have you running around a bit through the book. Chicken gizzards are not under "chicken" but are under "gizzards"! Beans are separate from lentils...logical, but not always intuitive...not a big drawback! some ingredients are, of course, hard to find if not near a Middle Eastern market...the internet should take care of ordering mastic grains, molokhiya (fresh or frozen),etc...Most ingredients are easily available in the USA. It has recipes for the classics, and also for brains, pigeon, rabbit, trotters, tripe, sheeps head etc...this is not a frou-frou book! A Classic for Egyptian Cooking
This is a must have cookbook for anyone interested in Egyptian cuisine. Samia Abdelnour selected a variety of recipes that are easy to prepare with ingredients that are available locally. She cleverly included a glossary explaining the different foods, spices, kitchen utensils and also some useful hints.This is a value priced book considering the amount of recipesincluded in it. I have other Mediterranean cookbooks, but I find myself using this one more often. It's size makes it also very handy to use in the kitchen.

Outstanding in its variety and amount of recipes!
I have had the pleasure of using this book in my kitchen for two years now.I can honestly say that there is not a week that goes by that I don't find use for it!Although it is a bit difficult to ignore the page numbers and concentrate on the numbers assigned to each recipe, the outcome is well worth it!This book supplies an amazing number of recipes from every imaginable region of Egypt and many of the variations for each.I applaud the writer's insightful inclusion of such items as a spice index at the end of the book, and technoiques for handling foods not commonly used by Westerners.I would have liked some illustrations to assist with presentation, but all in all I am very pleased with the outcomes of my endeavors ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Egyptian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Methods - Baking    5. Middle Eastern Cookery    6. Regional & Ethnic - African    7. Regional & Ethnic - Middle Eastern   

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Entertaining!
I have been trying to learn something about the people and culture of Ghana, and have ordered several books from Amazon.This was one of them.Wow, what a book this turned out to be!The author's style was engaging and she painted such vivid pictures of her childhood in Ghana.There were folk tales, lyrics of traditional songs, even recipes woven in with her own story.I am not from Africa, nor am I even Black, but her story and her emotions are so universal that it is easy to identify with much of what she has to say, and sympathize with what is foreign to me.Some parts had me laughing, some brought a tear, other stories made me gasp in shock.I highly recommend this book to anyone, although I suppose it will appeal more to women than to men.This may be one of the best books I have read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Cookery, Ghanaian    4. Folklore    5. Folklore & Mythology - Folklore    6. Food habits    7. General    8. Ghana    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Regional & Ethnic - African    11. Regional & Ethnic - General    12. Social life and customs    13. Biography: general    14. General cookery