Generally, Africa’s Culinary Vacations concentrate on either South Africa or Morocco. This Africa’s Culinary Tours offer a tasty combination of history, sightseeing, culture, fine dining and of course, wine. Usually, Morocco Culinary Tours involve staying at an elegant Riad, browsing around bazaars for grocery shopping and cooking courses with traditional Moroccan chefs. While in South Africa Culinary Tours, wine tasting and fine dining in the Winelands is par for the course, as is sampling delicious fare from Cape Malay curries to slices of sweet Afrikaner melktert. You can even learn how to grill an ostrich.
Africa’s Culinary Tours offer up a tasty combination of culture and history. Culinary vacations are also offered in Tunisia. Usually Tunisian Cuisine involve some dining at fine restaurants, hands on cooking, wine tasting and shopping for ingredients at local markets.
Morocco’s Culinary Tours
The cuisine of Morocco has been influenced by native Arabic Andalusian cuisine, Berber cuisine, Turkish cuisine, and Middle Eastern cuisine brought by the Arabs. French influence came later and the fusion between traditional Moroccan and French cuisine is at the heart of many of the fine-dining experiences in Morocco today.
Couscous is probably the most famous Moroccan dish originating with the Berbers. One of the main methods of cooking in Morocco is using the tagine, an earthenware dish with a conical shaped lid. The dishes described as tagines (because they are cooked in one) are Moroccan slow-cooked meat, fruit and vegetable dishes which are almost invariably made with mutton or chicken. My personal favorite is Djaj Mqalli a chicken tagine cooked with olives and preserved lemons.
Cooking in Marrakech
La Maison Arabe in Marrakech is a luxurious Riad with 17 rooms. It’s a bit larger than some traditional Riads and I found this to mean the service was a little less personal. However the food is fantastic, breakfast is cooked right in front of you in the traditional manner. The cooking workshops offered take place in their other property just outside the medina of Marrakech.
There are several more cooking schools you can go to for just a day or two in Marrakech as well. There’s the Dar Liqama where the Rhode School of Cuisine and Epiculinary offer week long Moroccan cooking classes in combination with a stay at the Riad.
Dar Les Cigognes is a lovely Riad in the heart of the Marrakech medina that also offers cooking classes on site.
Souk Cuisine is a Moroccan cooking school started by a Dutch chef, in Marrakech. You can enjoy week long courses here in combination with a stay at the elegant Chambres d’Amis, or just come for the day and learn how to make your favorite Moroccan dishes.
The rest of Morocco’s Culinary Tours
In Fes, Morocco’s cultural capital, Moroccan chef Lahcen Beqqi offers several culinary tours in and around his home city. Most of the cooking classes take place in the kitchen of Riad Tafilalet where you are welcome to stay as well.
Outside Rabat – Gourmet safari offers a week long stay at Villa Bourdoud. Situated along the coast, the villa is very comfortable, cooking classes take place in the well-appointed kitchen. Excursions include local bazaars, wineries (around Meknes) and a little sightseeing.
For a comprehensive list of cooking vacations in Morocco check out Infohub, or contact the above Riad’s via e-mail and book your own culinary tour.
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