Combine the water or broth, olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous and immediately remove from the heat.

Couscous isn’t a grain, as some people may think — it's actually a type of pasta made from durum wheat and shaped like a grain. The couscous you have in your pantry is most likely …

1 1/2 cups couscous. 1/2 cup pignoli nuts, toasted. 1/4 cup currants. Homemade Chicken Stock: 3 (5-pound) chickens. 3 large onions, unpeeled and quartered. 6 carrots, unpeeled and halved.

Cook 1 1/2 cups pearled couscous in salted boiling water until tender, 4 minutes. Drain and reserve 3/4 cup cooking water. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in the saucepan over medium heat.

Rub couscous between your wet hands to break up lumps. Let stand another 10 minutes. Combine the broth, water cinnamon stick, ginger and cumin in the bottom of a couscousiere.

Cook 1 1/2 cups pearl couscous in boiling salted water, 4 to 5 minutes; drain. Cook 1 small diced red onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary in olive oil in a large …