Moroccan cuisine is all about big flavor and fresh ingredients, using foods like vegetables, legumes, pulses, spices, and ...

Spices and herbs are often overlooked as "supporting actors" in nutrition, but many of them deserve more attention due to the nutrients they provide.

This past December — amid a sunset crowd of vendors selling pomegranates, spices and snacks of steamed ... Ibrahim Laarif, a native Moroccan who served rotating roles as cultural and religious ...

with some Moroccan spices, and then toss with whatever cooked grain (e.g. Bulghur wheat, barley, rice) pasta (e.g. macaroni or risoni), couscous, lentils or chickpeas you like. Some fresh herbs ...

"Then you have the Holy Trinity of herbs ... finish cooking them in a Moroccan tomato sauce. "This sauce is like a traditional Pomodoro, except we add more Persian spices to it," Lloyd said.