Marrakech medina souk with lanterns and rugs
The Journal of Morocco

Morocco, beyond the postcard.

Travel, food, recipes and handmade culture, reported from the places they come from.

Guigou · Middle Atlas · Morocco 301 stories published

Morocco is not one destination. It is thousands of rooms, roads, recipes, hands and stories.

01

Travel

Cities, coast, mountains and desert — where to go, when, and what a fair price looks like.

02

Food

The Moroccan table: ingredients, regional dishes and the traditions around them.

03

Recipes

Written to be cooked, with the ratios and timings that actually work.

04

Craft

Wool, clay, leather, brass and the people who still work them by hand.

04 — Travel journal

Reported from the road

The journal
05 — Food

The Moroccan table

What is actually cooked at home, and why it is cooked that way.

All food writing
06 — Cook this

Msemen: How to Make Moroccan Square Pancakes (Step-by-Step)

Msemen are Morocco's flaky, layered square pancakes — crisp outside, tender inside. Here's the authentic folding technique, the exact dough, and how to eat them like a Moroccan.

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07 — Craft

The hands behind Morocco

Objects are worth what the work in them is worth. This is how we cover that work.

01

Material

Wool from the Middle Atlas, clay from Fès, brass, cedar, argan, leather.

02

Maker

The person at the loom, the wheel or the bench — named when they agree to be.

03

Process

How the thing is actually made, including the parts that take weeks.

04

Object

What arrives at your door, and what it cost to make it that way.

08 — Shop

From Morocco, to your home

A short list, bought where it is made. The shop exists to serve the writing, not the other way round.

The whole shop
09 — Read it, then bring it home

Msemen: How to Make Moroccan Square Pancakes (Step-by-Step)

Msemen are Morocco's flaky, layered square pancakes — crisp outside, tender inside. Here's the authentic folding technique, the exact dough, and how to eat them like a Moroccan.

Read the story

Read

Read Morocco

Guides, recipes and craft stories, written by people who live here.

Shop

Bring Morocco home

Handmade objects and single-ingredient cosmetics, bought where they are made.

11 — Newsletter

The Morocco Letter

Travel notes, recipes, craft stories and new discoveries from Morocco. One letter a month, no pop-ups, no selling your address.