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Moroccan beef tagine

August 8, 2010 Food & drink
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Moroccan cuisine is rich with influences that betray the country’s history as a strategically important place, with distinct Arabic influences laid over more obvious North African traits.  There’s also Moorish and European influence in there, too, pointing to Morocco’s closeness to Spain, and its position as a gateway to southern Europe. The tagine is emblematic [...]

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Pheasant ballotine, stuffed with pork, prunes and pistachios

February 3, 2010 Food & drink
Pheasant Ballotine

“My father was standing on the edge of the clearing with the moonlight streaming down all over him and a great bunch of pheasants in each hand.  His face was bright, his eyes big and bright and wonderful, and he was staring around him like a child who has just discovered that the whole world [...]

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