My friend Tania is a person of many talents: traveler, mother, community facilitator, revolutionary, life coach, and, it turns out, she makes fantastic scones. Here’s the recipe. Combine flour and soft butter in a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add a little bit of salt, and a…
“…Do you know where the bus to California is?” he asks me. His accent is American. His English is perfect. He sounds like he just stepped out of a movie. The question is absurd. This is Cambodia. Even with my lousy knowledge of geography, I know there ain’t no busses to California here. He’s got…
Sitting beside a fire on a cool, clear night, what warms the heart and satisfies the soul like a greasy, smokey sausage, grilled to sooty perfection on a stick? You will need: 1 dry clean stick 1 – 9 sausages (depending how hungry you are.) Some bread A good hot bed of coals If…
…”What’d you say? You got a problem?” I ask, like a badly written character in a Roger Corman film. We stand there for a few seconds eyeballing each other… I know I’m not really going to get into a fight with an amphetamine pumped Moroccan waiter. I can picture them plopping my entrails into…
As a small thank you to Ouma and her family for their gracious hospitality in Fez, we make them a big feed of pasta and cucumber salad. It goes down well, especially with the kids, and we are very flattered by the praise of the aunties. One Eid Al Adha I’ll never forget. …
We roll into Fez with Hathim, a really nice guy who drives us all the way there from Chefchaouen. Hathim drops us at McDonalds, and we set about pinching a bit of WiFi. A couple of friendly Canadians overhear us talking and say hello. We talk about our travels, and explain that we…
Say no more… my feelings on Tangerine restaurants exactly. >> More about Morocco.
This place has got to be run by a Brit’.