Kitty Morse

ABOUT KITTY MORSE

Kitty Morse was born in Casablanca, Morocco, of a French mother and British father, and emigrated to the United States in 1964. She began catering Moroccan parties while studying for her Master’s Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Catering and giving Moroccan cooking classes eventually led to writing ten cookbooks, including the award-winning Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen, The vegetarian table: North Africa, and The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco. Her first memoir, Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories, which she translated into French as Le Riad au Bord de l'Oued, were recipients of a Gourmet Word Cookbook Award.

The discovery of heretofore hidden family documents after her mother's death, provided Kitty with the inspiration for her latest cookbook, a second memoir with recipes, Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. (La Caravane, February 2023) for which her husband Owen Morse, took all the food photography. The book includes hand written family recipes from her Alsatian great-grandmother, Blanche, who, along with her daughter, son-in-law and numerous family members, died in the Holocaust.

Kitty Morse is the author of 11 cookbooks. Her career as a food and travel writer, cooking instructor, presenter, and tour leader spans more than three decades. She has contributed articles in French and English to leading publications in the US and abroad, and has been a guest on local and national television stations. One of the highlights of her career was cooking alongside Julia Child to benefit the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Kitty lives in Vista, CA. She is on the board of LIFE, learning is for everyone, a non-profit at Mira Costa College in Oceanside, CA.