Skip to content
Life TimesTravel

The Journal

Trekking, desert, mountains and the roads between — written from Morocco, at the pace the country actually moves.

2 pieces matching “argan”

Clear
A group sitting on rugs around a shared tagine and glasses of mint tea under walnut trees
Food
Marrakech & Fez

Taking a Moroccan Cooking Class (And Shopping the Market First)

The good classes start in the souk with an empty basket. What to look for when booking, what you should actually learn, and how to buy spices, argan oil and preserved lemons without being sold the tourist grade.

6 min read
A clay tagine with the lid lifted, beef with prunes, toasted almonds, sesame seeds and hard-boiled egg inside
Food
Morocco

Moroccan Cuisine Is Not One Cuisine

A Fez tagine and a Marrakech tagine are different dishes. The regional map of Moroccan cooking — Fassi refinement, Marrakchi smoke, Souss argan, Rif mountain food and the Saharan bread baked in sand.

5 min read