Word: couscous
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...virtue of the slave trade, Senegalese cuisine was one of the key influences on African-American cooking. Senegal's Atlantic coastline ensures an abundance of seafood - grouper, monkfish and sea bream are common - while peanuts, millet and cassava are harvested from the central savanna area. Given Morocco's proximity, couscous is almost as widespread as rice - so are baguettes and Dijon mustard, legacies of French colonial rule. Sample this melting pot at Chez Mimi, tel: (221) 823 9788, or Keur Ndeye, tel: (221) 821 4973, both in the capital, Dakar. But if you want something that's all Senegalese, order...
...room, six-acre estate is smack in the middle of date palms in the heart of the Palmeraie Oasis near the city of Marrakech. There is no restaurant, but there is a resident chef, and Bajia is your teacher. By the time you leave, you will never again make couscous from a box but will have learned to roll it (do not let it clump) sensually in your fingers. Your harissa (a fiery blend of cumin, garlic and red chilis) will be spiced perfectly, and cooking up sumptuous masterpieces in a peaked clay tagine will be your new dinner-party...
...salad of bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta and yogurt stood out for its creaminess and the freshness of its summery ingredients even on a frozen November night. A bluefish filet was cooked just to the point of flakiness, and served atop apricot couscous without a heavy sauce to obscure its essential flavor. A bowl of fusilli with chicken and mushrooms in an earthy sauce was tasty but neither unusual nor extraordinarily good—stick to the dishes you couldn’t find at Bertucci?...
...venture was an instant success with Nantucket residents, as it provided a broad range array of Mediterranean dishes to an elite clientele. Chase says that the original menu included couscous salads, wrapped grape leaves and pizzas—“anything that appealed to my taste buds...
...ground. First Week SPAIN Just days after taking office, new PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero arrived in Casablanca for discussions on terrorism and illegal immigration with his Moroccan counterpart, Driss Jettou. "This visit is much more significant than just going to eat a bowl of couscous," Spain 's new director general of communications, Javier Valenzuela, told TIME. "We want to show the world that Morocco, an Islamic nation, and Spain, a Christian one, are united in the fight against terrorism." Lost Opportunity CYPRUS Greek Cypriots ignored the pleas...