For many families around the world, preparing and sharing a meal for visitors to their country is a way to extend their hospitality, to express their love for their culture or country. If you’ve experienced this you know exactly what we mean. We have been blessed to have meals prepared for us by friends in …
We’re lucky. Our children were born and raised in Hawaii, the most racially diverse state in the United States as there is no real majority. With 23% of Hawaii residents claiming to be multi-ethnic (two or more races), in Hawaii you’ll find many groups adding their own variety of culture to our local way of …
Home-cured olives are a normal practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean. It has been done this way for thousands of years. Therefore it’s not unusual to find families still curing their own olives at home. We learned that Morocco is the 2nd largest exporter of olives in the world after Greece, and they have …
We love Morocco and when we’re in Europe, visit as often as we can because it’s only a quick flight away. We find Marrakech to be a family-friendly city and have done a number of unique activities with the kids like learning to cure olives, and going to a pottery workshop. The best thing we’ve …
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Trying different cuisines is like picking different colors of clothes from your closet. It gives you a sense of novelty, adventure, and it opens your eyes to something new allowing you to be creative. Jaf and Lou Lou, if you haven’t guessed, are Multicultural. I, their Mom am Hawaiian and their father Lebanese, which automatically …
Once in a lifetime you’re given a rare opportunity. After a few days in Marrakech the kids were looking at tagines in the house and asked how “those” were made and if they were made from rock. We told them it was pottery and made of clay and maybe one day we’ll take you to …
One thing we learned very quickly while staying in Morocco was breakfast is as sweet as it looks! When we woke up bright and early from our first night’s visit, we were greeted with yet another surprise. Our gracious hosts had already prepared a wonderful breakfast for us. It truly felt like we were staying …
One of the best things about Europe is being able to fly to another continent in 2 1/2 hours for only $80 per/person. Our dear friend Kamal, who is from Morocco (in North Africa) but lives in Hawaii was visiting his home country and invited us to stay with them for 2 weeks. We were …
My husband recently partnered with his Moroccan friend to open Hawaii’s first Moroccan-Lebanese restaurant in downtown Honolulu called Kan Zaman. Kan Zaman in Arabic means “Once Upon a Time”, which fits nicely into their themed Middle Eastern restaurant. Although Kan Zaman has been open for 7 months, we rarely have the chance to eat there …
