My son made a very delicious spicy lamb and red pepper stew tonight, and we all agreed that we need to cook more North African food, and learn more about it. What I’d love is a cookbook that surveyed several North African...

We’ve decided we need to learn more about North African cuisine, starting with Moroccan. Where should we go? (storefront restaurants tend to be our favorites, we’re not looking for particularly upscale places) Willing...

Will be in Paris next week and was looking for an outstanding North African restaurant. Any suggestions? Would love to know of both divey spots as well as more sophisticated ones. Thanks!

zitoune, on ganesvoort right across from pastis, is excellent. i believe the proprietors are tunisian, and the cuisine is wonderful upscale, modernized north african.

Some friends and I are going to Paris for my birthday and I’m looking for an excellent kosher parisian north african restaurant. I understand you can’t go wrong with ‘le telegraphe’ for french kosher food,...

I guess I am still mourning the loss of the “Kineret” in the village over 30 years ago BUT I still look for a great Moroccan/ North African/ perhaps Israeli Restaurant in NYC. Any "Laurence of Arabia’s out there...

This is relevant to my interests as well. I’ve been to some pâtisseries orientales, the North African pastry shops. You can try the Pâtisserie du Sud Tunisien in the 5th. Inexpensive, nutty, sweet pastries. I don’t...

Can any Belgian residents recommend North African or Asian restaurants in the Brussels area for my friends who have had it up to here with moules/frites chocolate and beer?

bread which is incredibly good. Also, most of the Maghreb pastry shops we’ve visited (quite a few!) had both a North African and a French section, so you could happily mix and match. Most of the pastries served here in...

Salut I am not familiar with New York at all. I’m looking for recommendations for North African and Middle Eastern restaurants. Link: http://chefzadi.com

Hi All, So, we are planning a trip to Paris and were told that food from some of the French colonial areas is very good. Any recommendations for restaraunts or hole-in-the-wall places to try? Thanks! -jj

I just came back from a trip to Morocco and am dying to get in my kitchen to recreate some of the amazing dishes I ate there. Unfortunately, I didn’t buy some of the spices and other ingredients available in Morocco... Is...

Hi folks: Can anybody recommend a Liberian or West African restaurant in the North Jersey area? There was a really good one (Liberian – the Rooster) in the Charlotte, NC region that closed down this past summer that I...

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was on the Devon bus going west (it’s on the north side of the street). Any insights or reviews about these places? Any groceries catering to Africans? I know that Chicago has quite a few residents with attachments to...