Thursday, May 26, 2005


MARRAKECH
DINNER AT HOME - Our lady in Marrakech - design consultant - Corrine Bensimon treated us to a delicious - REAL MOROCCAN MEAL - cooked by her cook Naima. Above a Tajine with chicken and lamb kefta (ground meat) sits on a bed of cou cous - I'm not going to give you the recipe - but refer you to - Paula Wolfert - Cous Cous and Other Good Food from Morocco* - which Susan Simon says - and - she should know - "It's the best Moroccan cookbook around." It was the first night that all the house party were together - we arrived in dribs and drabs: First - the birthday girl from New York City - then I arrived from Venice through Madrid, a few days later, our host, John Derian arrived with Boston area based gift shop owner, Joanne Rossman and lastly from New York City through Paris, retail consultant, Mark Haldeman and media fashion commentator, James Aguiar. We are all set to party the night away and have fun together for the rest of the week !
* available from www.amazon.com

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