I spent many fun-filled days at my childhood-friend Dan’s house. One of the times, his mom offered us something to eat and asked if I like casserole. “Very much” I answered. Moroccan casserole was one of my favorite dishes.
Sambousek
“At least wait for it to cool down,” mom would scold us as we stood around her, waiting for another batch to come on to the plate. We would stand there, in our small kitchen, staring at the half moon shape dough surrounded by small oil bubbles as its color changed from pale white to golden.
Wings in BBQ Pomegranate Sauce
"Everybody likes wings” my better half answered when I asked her what should we make for a BBQ. I knew that for her a BBQ with no wings is like a vegetarian meal for a carnivore. For someone like me, who thinks that wings are nice but not really a meal, this generalization seemed a bit exaggerated. “30? 40? How many?”
Moroccan Harira Soup
"The soup of all soups,” that’s how my dad used to call the harira soup. “Did grandpa really say that?” asks my younger son, “not really” I answer, “it’s my take on his his words, but that’s what he meant”. In my childhood home, soup was a must at every dinner,
Chicken thighs with green fava beans in clay pot
"Look what I bought for you” said my better half as she came back from another day of shopping and placed the bag on the table. We moved to the US with bare minimum equipment, and shopping was our main pastime in the first few months. When we packed before moving, we divided most of our stuff between family and friends
Kubbeh in Squash Soup
There are people that when you tell them that there’s kubbeh soup for dinner, immediately you see a craving look in their eyes, and you can almost hear their stomach rumbling. One of these people is my better half
Moroccan Chicken Thighs in Chickpeas
Chicken and chickpeas, both of them together or individually are ingredients that I like in almost every form.This was probably why these ingredients were featured in my mother's cookbook. When you grow up in a house with four siblings and two working parents, cooking daily meals to everyone’s taste is almost impossible.