I try to keep my food blog only about Algerian/ Moroccan and North African cuisine in general, but when something as memorable as these lit...

Lunch parties. For years I have cherished this vision about the perfect lunch party at my house: our friends and loved ones would gather a...

Now I have a confession to make. Until recently, the only reason I was buying kale was that somehow it made me feel healthier. Kale was my...

M y trip to Algeria was about spending time with my family and friends, soaking up the sun, the blue sky and the sea; introducing my daughte...

M y first year of college was spent 80 miles away from home, sharing a 170 sq ft room (16sq m) with my older sister, two metal beds, one noi...

I didn’t mean to be away from my blog. I didn’t mean to leave you starring at this olive and chicken tagine , which started to go bad, for ...

O h June! I didn’t know you had such a hot temper. First you came with open arms and roses and candle lighted dinners on the deck. You we...

I had my first pickled beets about a few months ago at the local fruit market, and I instantly fell in love with them. They were on a tray ...

S nowy , chilly Sundays have a baffling effect on me. I spend endless minutes starring at the window, thinking about today’s schedule, how I...

T here are days like this when being a kid again is just what we need. We wouldn’t have to think about our weekly chores and monthly bills. ...

W hat I like about farmer’s market is how people interact with each other and how it seems natural to talk to your next on line neighbor wh...

D o you sweat your eggplant? I used to. When I was still living under my parent’s roof, following my mother’s cooking rules I had always to ...

W hen the weather is hot and the air is humid that it makes my hands sweat and my feet puff out, the stove becomes my worst enemy and the ov...

I am known to be a sensitive person. Stop laughing honey. I can see you from here. Where was I again? Oh yes, the sensitive part of me. I a...

When I think about summer, I think about the beach, the long days spent at the beach with my parents and siblings and the painful sunburn on...

M y hubby can be a great cook when he wants to. He also has his own way of heating up the kitchen and his own way of getting things done, to...

What do you get when you give a man a mortar and a kitchen. I will tell you everything in details next week. Until then, have a great weeken...

E very two or three weeks it’s the same ritual. I go to the market to buy some feta: arrive at the deli, take my number and wait. Thirty-six...

Tapas de moules / Tapas of mussels T hose pictures have been sitting in my computer for over a week and I didn’t have time to publish them ...