Let’s cook...

 

The recipes are those I have collected are from my various travels and holidays: I hope they reflect the true character of the country by recognizing its own unique flavours and the ways its cooks combine their special ingredients. Quantities have been scaled down to accommodate the proposed audience of old(er) men who wish to have a canter round the kitchen and rustle up a meal for two that would be equivalent to having gone out to a restaurant to eat, thus getting maximum bonus points from the bride and saving more than a bob or two to spend on a bunch of flowers and a box of something good to nibble. So when you have presented your main dish of Tajine of Lamb and Prunes you can both sit and gaze into each other’s eyes and jointly go back to that wonderful little restaurant in Essouria where she wore that pretty little yellow frock etc etc.!

I want you to fill the room with the smell and the memories of that country. I have tried to make these recipes idiot proof, and have had them tested by many of my favorite idiots who are still speaking to me and whose old girls are enraptured by their spouse’s attentions and their new-found culinary skills.

Just don’t make it look too easy - you may get lumbered.... and enjoy.