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Exploring North African Cuisine

With passionate interest in the food of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, these four books take us into the kitchens of North Africa. Explore traditional dishes and family favorites, warmly-spiced and flavor-packed, and bring some of that North African sunshine into your culinary repertoire.

The North African Kitchen

The North African Kitchen

Fiona Dunlop

The North African Kitchen is the result of Fiona Dunlop's long fascination with the region. She visits eight of the best home cooks in Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya, shopping and cooking with them, and learning their favorite recipes and cooking tricks
The Jewelled Kitchen

The Jewelled Kitchen

Bethany Kehdy

In her debut cookbook, Bethany Kehdy explores the common threads that link the cuisines of the Middle East and North Africa, through family recipes and classic regional dishes. “I like to think of this book as an ode to the treasured dishes of the past, embracing a creative and contemporary approach,” she writes. The result: carefully written, flavor-packed recipes that demand to be cooked.
Taste of Morocco

Taste of Morocco

Robert Carrier

Robert Carrier loved Morocco and spent several months each year in Marrakesh and his enthusiasm for the country, its food, and its people runs through Taste of Morocco. A pioneering volume at the time, the book remains one of the best guides to the warmly-spiced cuisine of this North African country. It features soups such as harira, other local specialties including kefta and various types of tagine, and two different recipes for harissa, the addictive Moroccan red chilli paste.
Saffron Shores

Saffron Shores

Joyce Goldstein

Celebrated chef and author Joyce Goldstein continues her exploration of the food and flavours of Jewish cooking of the Mediterranean. As she traces the culinary trail of the diaspora (the migration of Jews throughout Europe and Arab countries), Joyce turns an affectionate gaze to the spice-infused dishes of the Maghrebi - the people of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.

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Recipe of the Day

Recipe of the Day

Peanut Satay Sauce

Spirit & Spice

Ghillie Basan

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"There are variations of this tangy, hot peanut sauce throughout Southeast Asia as it is really popular with satay (traditionally small skewers of grilled meat, poultry or shellfish). In Indonesia, it is known as bumbu sate or sambal kacang. The unsalted peanuts need to be finely ground so whizz them in an electric blender. Duck, beef and seafood satay are all good with a dram and this peanut sauce goes particularly well with something peaty. You can make a vegetable and fruit satay too." Ghillie Basan

Author spotlight

Simon Sandall

Simon Sandall

Trained in London, now firmly ensconsed as a leading light on the Sydney food scene, chef and restaurateur Simon Sandall has been blazing a trail through top kitchens for over 30 years. He currently runs his hosptality consultancy Sandall & Co, and his restaurant Boronia Kitchen, both in Sydney. His first book Boronia Kitchen: The Cookbook was published in 2023.

Regula Ysewijn

Regula Ysewijn

Born in Antwerp, food writer and photographer Regula Ysewijn's work explores the food culture and history of Britain and her native Belgium. In 2024 her book Dark Rye & Honey Cake won a James Beard Award medal, and she was awarded an MBE for services to British food & culture in Belgium and the UK, in the Kings list of honours for foreign nationals.

Jean Nel

Jean Nel

Jean Nel is an expert in cooking over an open fire, or braai, as it is called in his native South Africa. An event caterer and experienced teacher, he documents his methods and recipes in his books Braai the Beloved Country, and More Braai the Beloved Country.

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