Book Scene: Cooking the Book: Dinner with Publisher Daniel Halpern and Chef Wylie Dufresne
When he was living in Tangier, the writer Paul Bowles befriended the Moroccan author and artist Mohamed Mrabet, who taught Bowles how to make a chicken tagine with almonds and prunes. According to literary and culinary legend, the dish became a staple at dinner parties Bowles hosted, and he often made it for the poet…