For the Tabakhats (cooks) of Morocco, cooking is an art that uses all of the senses to reach the right flavor, texture, and color using only their eyes as their scale.
The results reflect the mood of each individual cook: more or less sweet, more or less salty, more or less hot, more or less spicy.
The Tabakhats never wrote down their recipes but passed them down in the oral tradition.
The recipes used at the school are examples of those recipes. There is a high rate of female illiteracy in Morocco, averaging about 60% for females over the age of 14 years of age. These Moroccan women grow up in homes occupiedm by large families, sharing small rooms, without running water and frequently lacking electricity. Cooking was done on a propane or charcoal burner. The recipes you will prepare come from just such a one burner home.
Hakimas’s Moroccan Cooking School, located in the heart of Marrakech, offers small classes (4 to 6) and hands-on instruction in English and/or French, as well as tours to the local souks and markets. Our students range from beginning cooks to accomplished chefs and all share the same desire to learn the unique nature of Moroccan cuisine.
All classes will focus on three things: TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE, INNOVATIVE use of fresh, local ingredients, and AESTHETIC presentation. The only thing that changes is the seasonality of the food.
The results reflect the mood of each individual cook: more or less sweet, more or less salty, more or less hot, more or less spicy.
The Tabakhats never wrote down their recipes but passed them down in the oral tradition.
The recipes used at the school are examples of those recipes. There is a high rate of female illiteracy in Morocco, averaging about 60% for females over the age of 14 years of age. These Moroccan women grow up in homes occupiedm by large families, sharing small rooms, without running water and frequently lacking electricity. Cooking was done on a propane or charcoal burner. The recipes you will prepare come from just such a one burner home.
Hakimas’s Moroccan Cooking School, located in the heart of Marrakech, offers small classes (4 to 6) and hands-on instruction in English and/or French, as well as tours to the local souks and markets. Our students range from beginning cooks to accomplished chefs and all share the same desire to learn the unique nature of Moroccan cuisine.
All classes will focus on three things: TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE, INNOVATIVE use of fresh, local ingredients, and AESTHETIC presentation. The only thing that changes is the seasonality of the food.