On the Road to Morocco

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On the Road to Morocco

This little lamp launched the party theme!

"On the Road to Morocco" was given birth while I stood in the back room of the Goodwill store on a rainy afternoon! Every time I take a box of things to give to Goodwill, I see something I have to buy ... and sometimes I come out with more stuff than I take in! I spotted ten little red candle lamps and bought them all. I knew they would make great centerpieces, standing alone or in groups, so I grabbed them!

The theme emerged as I remembered the dinnerware I had purchased the year before at Pier 1 and thought of the place-mats I had just seen at Kohl's! I had the perfect glasses, a cookbook full of Moroccan recipes and the rest is history! My staff had worked for months compiling a cookbook filled with recipes using southern Illinois products and I knew they were ready for a meal that didn't resemble the home-grown foods they'd been writing about!

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Appetizers

Mint Tea

Moroccan Spice Cabinet Cashews

Braised Assorted Olives

Soup

Harira - Lamb & Noodle Soup

Buffet of Salads and Tagine

Chicken Lemon Tagine

Beef Kebabs

Baby Carrot Salad

Mint and Melon Salad

Tomatoes and Peppers

Radish, Orange and Fennel Salad

On the Side

Couscous and Vegetables

Kesra - Moroccan Bread

Dessert

Muhallabia - Rice Pudding

Stuffed Dates & Chocolate Apricots

The hand-painted table runner was a steal from Big Lots! The colors and pattern worked perfectly with the dinnerware.

The double tagine is actually perfect for serving freshly ground salt and pepper!

After I found a big tagine to use for my Lemon Olive Chicken, I started searching, online, for tiny tagines. Even though they are typically used to serve spices and condiments, I just wanted them to add to the composed centerpiece ... to use with my lamps! I located them on several websites, but had to buy them from three different places in order to get the colors I wanted! "Long walk is part of gift!"

The table appointments were casual but unique and prompted lots of conversation about Moroccan foodways.

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