Meet your host Tarik at his apartment and walk together ten minutes to the local market as you discuss the day’s menu. Visit an open neighborhood market where locals shop every day and explore with your host local and regional spices, fruits and vegetables used in Moroccan cooking. You may even purchase a few ingredients that you will use during your cooking class after the market tour. Your market tour will last about 45 minutes after which you will walk back together to Tarik's apartment for your cooking class.

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Market Tour

Meet Maha at her home and then you will drive together to Souk Al Akkari or Souk El Manal. Both these markets have a variety of vegetables, fruits, all kinds of meats, spices, olives – it is usually where all the locals shop for fresh, seasonal produce. Walk around the market with Maha to witness the hustle and bustle and visit her favorite shops to buy a few ingredients, that you will later be using in your cooking class. After you finish your market tour, drive back to Maha’s home for your cooking and meal experience.

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Market Tour

Your Dada (guardian of traditional Moroccan cuisine) will guide you in a cooking studio for an immersive cooking experience in Rabat. In this hands-on Moroccan cooking class, after a Moroccan mint tea ceremony, you'll learn to prepare authentic Moroccan dishes, using time-honored techniques and aromatic spices. Dadas speak limited English but you will have a personal translator who will translate in English (or French). Choose your classic Moroccan menu for this 3-hour experience, and after cooking, enjoy the meal you helped prepare. After your cooking lesson, you will receive a gift of a month of free access to an online Moroccan cooking school, featuring 150 courses and recipes! On days that Dada Najat is not available, an equally wonderful Dada will host your cooking lesson.

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