509069 Sun Apr 13 17:46:51 -0700 2008 5 51 Africa 0 3590826 I'll have just over a week in Morocco at the start of June and I would love to do a cooking class. Does anyone have any advice or experience with this? There are two of us; we'd only be able to do a one-day class. I'd really love a guided tour round the markets too, buying the ingredients and so on. Can't wait! Sun Apr 13 17:46:52 -0700 2008 181085 The_Tea_Lady 1 3645118 I'm going to Morocco in a couple of weeks and was looking for the same thing! I found out about this option which other chowhounds recommended... it sounds perfect! http://www.soukcuisine.com/Koken_ENG.html if you've heard of other tips, please let me know! I leave on Tuesday! Wed Apr 30 18:33:12 -0700 2008 3590826 98237 perrystreet 2 3645389 hi perrystreet; i also found the website you've listed when i was searching on-line. it looks amazing. another one is here http://www.lamaisonarabe.com/en/ateliers.html we leave in about 4 weeks -- do let me know what you end up doing. in the meantime, have a read of this .... http://www.cuisine.co.nz/index.cfm?pageID=56226&r=2 Wed Apr 30 20:08:22 -0700 2008 3645118 181085 The_Tea_Lady 2 4124897 Hi - just wondering if you did a school and which one? I'm leaving in about a month. Thanks! Thu Oct 23 15:06:23 -0700 2008 3645118 234701 globeeater 1 4323165 Moroccan food is delicious, and there are several really good options depending on how deeply you want to get into it, and what else you want to do when you are in this incredible city. La Maison Arabe (www.lamaisonarabe.com) is probably the most famous and offers day and longer cooking classes at a beautiful villa they have just outside of town. Rhodes Cooking School (http://www.rhodeschoolofcuisine.com) is another based in the UK which organizes proper cookery holidays. Dar Les Cigognes (www.lescigognes.com) is an intimate boutique hotel that offers private instruction on a first come, first serve basis (preference to resident guests)--you choose your dinner, your prepare it, and then you eat it in a truly stunning setting. They also have published their own excellent cookbook. Tue Jan 13 14:10:11 -0800 2009 3590826 256849 foodismyblood 1 4468949 I think the cooking classes might seem (based on following the links) to just teach you a tagine or two, which I would argue isn't something one can't learn from a book. I'd push to learn Pastilla or something more complicated that would be nearly impossible to do out of a book. When I went we also had some sort of 'hidden chicken' dish prepared in the home of a friend of the family (by a Berber home cook) and it was pieces of chicken under noodles w/cinnamon and other spices. If I could track down how to make that bad boy I'd be a happy man. Tue Mar 03 08:32:26 -0800 2009 3590826 10118 joypirate