Amalou is a creamy almond paste made with honey that’s spread onto breads (and fried breads) in Morocco. Amalou could almost be considered Morocco’s answer to American peanut butter, had not amalou come first. It originated in the south, but…

The so-called beauty ‘secrets’ from North Africa that are becoming mainstream in the U.S. are no secret at all to Moroccans.

Even though tomatoes are a New World food, their popularity and versatility have earned them a noble place in many world cuisines.  Morocco has made creative use of this versatile food, as this recipe can attest!

Before there was Walgreen’s, Woolworth’s, or any other drugstore, there was the local apothecary.  In Morocco, a land where time has stood still in many places for hundreds of years, what once was, still is.  Your friendly neighborhood herborist is…