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What is Moroccan cuisine?
Moroccan cuisine (المطبخ المغربي) grew from preserved lemon / smen / olives and couscous / bread. Tagine is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Moroccan cuisine sits at spice 66 in this atlas. Tagine and Couscous show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Tagine plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
What is Tagine?
Pot and the stew it names.
How do people eat at home?
Marrakesh, Fez and Casablanca do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Tagine and the labour behind Couscous rarely fit a takeaway box.
Moroccan cuisine changes by valley, coast and capital. Marrakesh is one node, not the whole map.
The meters treat heat, ferment, street density and sharing as the axes that actually organise meals.
Systems
Marrakesh metro
A regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine centred on Marrakesh and Tagine.
Fez table
A regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine centred on Fez and Couscous.
Casablanca table
A regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine centred on Casablanca and Pastilla.
Tangier table
A regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine centred on Tangier and Harira.
Meknes table
A regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine centred on Meknes and Mechoui.
Region 5
Another regional kitchen of Moroccan cuisine.
Flavour meters
Cities & regions
Marrakesh
A hotspot for Tagine and the local pantry of Moroccan cuisine.
Fez
A hotspot for Tagine and the local pantry of Moroccan cuisine.
Casablanca
A hotspot for Tagine and the local pantry of Moroccan cuisine.
Tangier
A hotspot for Tagine and the local pantry of Moroccan cuisine.
Meknes
A hotspot for Tagine and the local pantry of Moroccan cuisine.
Materials
preserved lemon / smen / olives
The savoury bass.
couscous / bread
The meal starch.
Tagine staples
The icon pantry.
Market produce
The daily vegetable and protein.
Regional pride in this cuisine is argued through Tagine and Couscous more than through a single official recipe.
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