I Thought I"d Never Taste This Again: Cuisine of Sephardic Morocco

a??I Thought Ia??d Never Taste This Againa?? Cuisine of Sephardic Morocco Has anyone ever heard of "cafA© de masa", the melt-in-your-mouth a??coffee beansa?? made of dough? Has the aroma of "orissa", a spicy-hot wheat-based stew that simmers for 24 hours even once filled your kitchen? Be transported to a foreign world through the flavors of cumin, turmeric and saffron. You will also enjoy the rich sweetness of almond paste in the "hojaldres", the tartness of bitter oranges of the "ranja", and crispy texture of the "fijuelas". You will discover the "marronchinos", the "lechiado", the "pastel" and "pastel de hoja", the "dafina" and many more exotic and delicious recipes. Mercedes Castiel brings them all to you with the sincerity and candor of a first time cookbook author. For this book to come to fruition, she first had to research these unique recipes and recreate them with painstaking patience and determination. When her mother recently passed away she felt a great...