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Master chef Gordon Ramsay explores the culinary capital of Morocco, Fez.

Dining in Northern Africa is like walking through a time machine because today’s cuisine isn’t that much different from when the Arabs established their rule in the seventh century. Many current dishes are made from recipes that are believed to be at least a thousand years old. Amazigh Cuisine There is arguably no nation in the region more recognized or familiar to Western culture than Egypt. The irony is that most associate Egypt with the Middle East because of its historical political entanglements with that region and because geographically, it’s a bit of a tweener country, linking Africa and the Middle East. While Egypt is famed for its archeological treasures and ancient structures and monuments,

Chapter 1: The North

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