A long time ago, while traveling in north Africa, I fell in love with the cuisine so I bought cookbook while I was in Morocco.

When I came back to the States -- that's what we experienced travelers call America -- I made some of the recipes. The one for biscuits called for fresh thyme, but I only had an old jar of dried stuff so I used it and added a tad extra water. We chefs learn to adapt.

The biscuits turned out well; as I reminisce, I liked that old thyme Moroccan roll.