F. Scott Fitzgerald s novel, The Great Gatsby, opens as the narrator, Nick Carraway, relates to the reader a cryptic piece of advice given him in his younger and more vulnerable years by his father.
Regular couscous is made from semolina wheat, while whole-wheat couscous derives from the whole grains of durum flour. This flour derives from durum wheat, which is high in protein and commonly used for other fare like pasta and pizza dough. A whole grain has its endosperm, germ and bran intact.
Couscous was voted as the third-favourite dish of French people in 2011 in a study by TNS Sofres for magazine Vie Pratique Gourmand, and the first in the east of France.