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Walk Down Marrakech’s Mechoui Alley for the Best Roasted Lamb of Your Life
Mechoui Alley is Marrakech's go-to spot for mechoui, whole roasted lamb and mutton that's sold by weight and requires no more seasoning than a little bit of salt and cumin.
Iceland, I Love You—But Your Grocery Stores Are Weird
I came to Iceland expecting animals heads, and I found animals heads. But is that prune-flavored milk I see sitting on the shelf? And why is all of the candy overwhelmingly infused with licorice? Well, at least your skyr is delicious.
Chicken Tagine Is the Soylent of Moroccan Tourist Cuisine
The spices, the death-reeking tanneries, and the windy sea fortress of Essouira are the things that most tourists want to see in Morocco. For most who visit here, it's nothing but chicken tagines, a.k.a the Soylent for tourists. I set out on an...
Offal the Menu
One of the main delicacies on Barra is black pudding. It’s a tasty sausage of blood, fat and oats. We met a fisherman called Stu and his brother in-law Ian and they told us, over about 15 whiskies, how best to make it. That and another delicacy, sheep...
