City Food Guides

Where and what to eat in Morocco’s cities.

The blue-washed medina of Chefchaouen with the Rif Mountains behind

Chefchaouen Food Guide: Mountain Flavors in the Blue City

Chefchaouen Food Guide: Mountain Flavors in the Blue City Chefchaouen is famous for its blue-washed medina, but travelers who stay only for photos miss the town’s other big draw: the food. At 600 meters up in the Rif Mountains, Chefchaouen eats differently from the big cities — goats graze on wild mountain pastures, olives grow

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La source d'Aïn Asserdoun à Béni Mellal avec la forteresse de Ras El Aïn au-dessus

Ain Asserdoun: Beni Mellal’s Famous Spring and Its Table

Ain Asserdoun: Beni Mellal’s Famous Spring and Its Table Beni Mellal sits where the flat Tadla plain meets the foothills of the Middle Atlas, and everything in the city bends toward one thing: water. Ain Asserdoun is the spring that rises at the foot of the mountain and tumbles down stone terraces into gardens and

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A whole pigeon pastilla dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon on a decorated platter

Fès Food Guide: Tasting Morocco’s Culinary Capital

Fès Food Guide: Tasting Morocco’s Culinary Capital Ask Moroccan cooks where their cuisine reaches its highest level and the answer comes fast: Fès. Founded in 789, the oldest imperial city has had twelve centuries to refine its kitchen. Andalusi refugees brought layered pastry and a taste for sweet-savory contrast in the 9th century; Sephardic Jews

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