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A Month in Marrakesh: Recipes From the Heart of Morocco
A spectacular celebration of the wonderful tastes and sensational allure of Morocco Inspired by the diversity of his culturally rich visits to Marrakesh, Andy Harris has scoured the maze-like souks for the best flavors and produced a wealth of exotic-tasting recipes with fresh ingredients and minimum fuss. From delicate, sweet pastries such as Khab el Ghzal to the savory Chicken Bistilla or one of the many delicious tagines, impress your guests with modern Moroccan dishes including Roast Lamb with Orange and Honey Syrup, Spicy Squid with Harissa Yoghurt, and Orange Flower Doughnuts. Part cookbook, part travelogue, Andy leads through a spectacular pageant of flavor and colors of the Medina, from the pulsating Djemaa el Fna to timeless winding alleys and tranquil gardens. Each recipe is adorned with stunning location photography that radiates with the fragrant aromas of the spice market, helping this sumptuous book to capture the soul of a truly unique and remarkable city. Measurements are metric.
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320 pages, Hardcover
First published April 5, 2011
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October 10, 2012
Moroccan and North Africa food still tends to be less well known for the majority of people and if pushed a few might struggle to recall something about lamb or couscous. So maybe this book will help educate you, let you make some Moroccan food at home and let you realise that many dishes might not be as unfamiliar as you first think.
This colourful book is a mix between traditional recipe book, travel book and a general cuisine book. The balance and format seems to be just about right but there is a clear bias towards the food. No hotel or restaurant recommendations here! You can sense the author's love and enthusiasm for Morocco through the printed word. After a brief introduction it is straight into the food.
Split into key sections of breakfasts, salads & vegetables, street foods & snacks, soups, savoury pastries, tagines, roasts, desserts and finally condiments, the book works to take you on a culinary tour of very diverse, colourful foods with the added bonus (?) that you get to make them yourselves. When leafing through the recipes you can easily be mesmerised by the high-quality colour photographs of the dishes, many of them resemble a true work of art.
The recipes themselves appear relatively easy to follow and understand. It would have been nice to have had an estimation of typical preparation and cooking times though. Small things help the unwary, particularly with unfamiliar dishes. Maybe the reviewer has been spoiled with the Internet and eBooks but this is one of those books where the reviewer's finger nearly pressed the (printed) name of a few unfamiliar ingredients subconsciously, expecting a 'clarification' to pop up. An element of manual signposting (i.e., see page x) would have been an appreciated little gesture here for those unfamiliar items and terms. Furthermore a separate section giving a bit of background information to the various ingredients used with Moroccan cooking and perhaps even a bit of text about their food and eating customs in its own chapter would have been great additions. Whilst the book is full of great, interesting and intriguing recipes, there just feels a bit of an empty hole, a chunk missing if you will. This is a shame.
So with a few slight misgivings that perhaps take more of a shine off things than strictly necessary, this book is still a great, if not wholly-complete, overview of Moroccan foods. Just a few pages more would have possibly made it perfect!
A Month in Marrakesh: Recipes from the Heart of Morocco, written by Andy Harris and published by Hardie Grant. ISBN 9781742704128, 304 pages. Typical price: GBP17. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
This colourful book is a mix between traditional recipe book, travel book and a general cuisine book. The balance and format seems to be just about right but there is a clear bias towards the food. No hotel or restaurant recommendations here! You can sense the author's love and enthusiasm for Morocco through the printed word. After a brief introduction it is straight into the food.
Split into key sections of breakfasts, salads & vegetables, street foods & snacks, soups, savoury pastries, tagines, roasts, desserts and finally condiments, the book works to take you on a culinary tour of very diverse, colourful foods with the added bonus (?) that you get to make them yourselves. When leafing through the recipes you can easily be mesmerised by the high-quality colour photographs of the dishes, many of them resemble a true work of art.
The recipes themselves appear relatively easy to follow and understand. It would have been nice to have had an estimation of typical preparation and cooking times though. Small things help the unwary, particularly with unfamiliar dishes. Maybe the reviewer has been spoiled with the Internet and eBooks but this is one of those books where the reviewer's finger nearly pressed the (printed) name of a few unfamiliar ingredients subconsciously, expecting a 'clarification' to pop up. An element of manual signposting (i.e., see page x) would have been an appreciated little gesture here for those unfamiliar items and terms. Furthermore a separate section giving a bit of background information to the various ingredients used with Moroccan cooking and perhaps even a bit of text about their food and eating customs in its own chapter would have been great additions. Whilst the book is full of great, interesting and intriguing recipes, there just feels a bit of an empty hole, a chunk missing if you will. This is a shame.
So with a few slight misgivings that perhaps take more of a shine off things than strictly necessary, this book is still a great, if not wholly-complete, overview of Moroccan foods. Just a few pages more would have possibly made it perfect!
A Month in Marrakesh: Recipes from the Heart of Morocco, written by Andy Harris and published by Hardie Grant. ISBN 9781742704128, 304 pages. Typical price: GBP17. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
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