A striking visual design is all it takes to spark my interest in something new.  Sure, I've eaten at Moroccan restaurants and seen the traditional Moroccan cooking pots, called tagines, with their distinct conical tops, but it wasn't until I saw the new All-Clad Stainless Steel Tagine that I was prompted to take more notice.  All-Clad's marriage of a stainless steel bottom with a glazed white ceramic top is a contemporary interpretation on traditional clay tagine designs.  For a modernist like myself, what's not to love.  The only drawback to All-Clad’s Tagine is that the cover is not oven-safe like Le Creuset's colorful tagine interpretations.  So if you think there's a place in your kitchen for a tangine, here’s a few recipes to get you started.

Tagine Recipe Links:

Chicken Tagine Recipe by Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin
Tagine Recipes at AllRecipes.com
Tagine Recipes at Epicurious.com
Moroccan Cookbooks at Amazon.com