My mostly-dry December happened because my sister, Molly, and I took a long-planned trip through Morocco, going from Rabat to the Western Sahara, passing through the Atlas Mountains and ending in ...

Mint is a great addition to light summer soups (it pairs especially well with pea, courgette, asparagus and other green vegetables ... cocktails or Moroccan-style sweet tea.

Moroccan laws and attitudes about drinking ... even as that desire changes shape. Drinking mostly hot mint tea, fresh fruit juices and nos-nos (half coffee-half milk, also sometimes written ...