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Couscous and Tagines: Two Moroccan Classics

Kitty Morse

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

I'd Rather Eat the Dishes than Prepare Them 3 out of 5 stars.
2 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is a very authentic piece, showing great knowledge. The writing is first-rate, with the steps in the recipes clearly described. But for me, it requires too many ingredients, some of which may not be available locally. The first recipe calls for seven seasonal vegetables. That's a lot.

I'm reminded of Julia Child's THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING which I and many of my friends bought. We loved reading the book but rarely used the recipes which called for a big effort.

History + Recipes = The Best, From a Pro 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I loved this piece from Kitty Morse's book. The history provides a strong backdrop and insight to play against our "fast food" mentality. After a cooking class with Chef Morse, I duplicated her recipes for a dinner party, and got raves, particularly for the tagine.

The ingredients are easy to find. Many are in our pantries; supermarkets carry the rest. Many seasonal veggies popped up in my yard this year (I compost--lots of volunteers), perfect for the recipes at the end of Morse's essay. Or head for the community atmosphere of farmers' market. I'm not vegetarian, but tagines and couscous are a great way to eat meatless. Just omit the meat. The bonus is a low fat content with fab flavor. Best of all, your house smells heavenly and they're one-dish meals. Pop them from stove or oven to table. With a master chef and expert guiding you, these recipes are well worth a try--you'll be hooked.

Editorial Review:

Tired of pasta and chicken Florentine? Come into my kitchen and discover a new take on Mediterranean cuisine. Let me introduce you to the exotic flavors of Morocco, the country where I was born, with my favorite vegetable couscous and meat tagine redolent of saffron, cinnamon, and fresh herbs....

In Morocco

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton's Orientalism 3 out of 5 stars.
26 of 33 people found this review helpful.

Fans of Edith Wharton who are hoping to see her usual insightful wit will be disappointed with this book. Likewise will those hoping to learn something about the real Morocco. Instead, what this book provides is a fascinatingly nauseating example of racist, orientalist cliches: the eroticization, the emphasis on mystery, decreptitude, etc. One classic bit is the description of the souks full of "savages" "consumptive Jews" and "lusty slave girls." But my favorite is when a windstorm in the Djmaa el Fnaa suddenly appears, "stripping to the waist the slave girls scudding home to the souks." There are some peculiar twists to her vision of Morocco, but I won't go further because I'm hoping to publish my paper on this subject sometime in the near future. Buy this book if you are interested in such things. But first read Said's Orientalism, if this stuff is new to you. If you are planning to travel to Morocco, buy the Rough Guide and Culture Shock: Morocco.

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We passed through a gate and were confronted by other ramparts. Then we entered an outskirt of dusty red lanes bordered by clay hovels with draped figures slinking by like ghosts. After that more walls, more gates, more endlessly winding lanes, more gates again, more turns, a dusty open space with donkeys and camels and negroes; a final wall with a great door under a lofty arch--and suddenly we were in the palace of the Bahia, among flowers and shadows and falling water.

DAYS TANGIER JRNL

Bowles

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Immediate, comprehensive; interesting portrait of Bowles. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Paul Bowles has been of interest to me ever since I read THE SHELTERING SKY so many years ago. Now with DAYS: TANGIER JOURNAL, the reader gets a behind-the-scenes of one of the most enigmatic writers of the twentieth century. The landscape and people of Tangier, Morocco are expertly painted in all their mysterious charm as Bowles simultaneously deflates and expands upon his own legend. If you are interested in Bowles, this book is a must read for the insight that it gives, insights not necessarily illuminated upon in the average Bowles biography or documentary. Bowles is self-effacing but his contribution to fiction is huge, and this book is like looking through a door, cracked half-open, at the man himself in all his many facets. Morocco itself also figures large in Bowles' art, and the reader gets a real taste of that exotic locale with all its danger and N. African wonder.

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Between 1987 and 1989, Paul Bowles, at the suggestion of a friend, kept a journal to record the daily events of his life. What emerges is not only just a record of the meals, conversations, and health concerns of the author of The Sheltering Sky but also a fascinating look at an artist at work in a new medium. Characterized by a refreshing informality, clear-sightedness, and passages of exquisite prose, these pages record with equal fascination the behavior of an itinerant spider, a brutal episode of violence in a Tangier marketplace, and the pageantry and excess of Malcolm Forbes's seventieth birthday party. In Days, a master observer of the foreign and obscure turns his attentions toward his own daily existence, giving us a startlingly candid portrait of his life in late twentieth-century Tangier.

Travel Talk Moroccan Arabic (Arabic Edition)

Inc. Penton Overseas

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Book suggestion 4 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This page suggests that you buy the Phrasebook, but my CD actually came with the same book, so then I had two . My husband is Moroccan, and he said the book is pretty good accuracy wise. I have just started learning so, we'll see....

Very Helpful 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This combination CD and phrasebook has been excellent in helping me with both my research for my third novel and for preparing to visit Morocco. Moroccan Arabic is not the same as the Arabic spoken in other countries and this product not only lets me put authenticity in my dialogue, it ALSO lets me communicate to shopkeepers and others while touring Morocco. I highly recommend it to anyone planning a trip to this beautiful country.
Suzanne Arruda - Author of Mark of the Lion, and Stalking Death

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TravelTalk presents a simplified language survival system for travelers. Includes a 60 minute audio CD in both English & target language and a fold out audio guide transcript of the 300 essential words and phrases most frequently needed while traveling, developed by Penton's foreign language specialists. Also included is Lonely Planet's comprehensive phrasebook & 2-way dictionary with thousands of additional words and phrases; this combination will help ensure that travelers will arrive and survive ...and enjoy communicating with native speakers.

Marrakesh Encounter (Best Of)

Alison Bing

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What Will Your Marrakesh Encounter Be?

...taking in the daily spectacle from ringside seats on Djemaa el-Fna
...savouring the city's tangiest chicken tagine with preserved lemons and green olives
...fleeing the heat in the shady courtyard garden of a traditional riad
...surrendering to the time-honored delights of steam and mud in a hammam
...coveting hand-embroidered tunics and antique Berber rugs on Rue de la Liberte
...salivating as you window shop at the patisseries in the Nouvelle Ville

Discover Twice The City In Half The Time

...full-color pull-out map to help you navigate the Medina with ease
...our discerning author recommends the very best sights, restaurants, shops and entertainment
...unique itineraries and highlights help you make the most of a short break
...local experts reveal Marrakesh's secrets: from Meryanne Loum-Martin, Parisian lawyer turned sustainable-travel champion, to Saida Chab, co-owner of legendary Marrakesh restaurant Al Fassia

Travels with a Tangerine: From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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In 1325, the great Arab traveler Ibn Battutah set out from his native Tangier in North Africa on pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned nearly thirty years later, he had seen most of the known world, covering three times the distance allegedly traveled by the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo—some 75,000 miles in all.

Captivated by Ibn Battutah’s account of his journey, the Arabic scholar and award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out to follow in the peripatetic Moroccan’s footsteps. Traversing Egyptian deserts and remote islands in the Arabian Sea, visiting castles in Syria and innumerable souks in medieval Islam’s great cities, Mackintosh-Smith sought clues to Ibn Battutah’s life and times, encountering the ghost of “IB” in everything from place names (in Tangier alone, a hotel, street, airport, and ferry bear IB’s name), to dietary staples to an Arabic online dating service— and introducing us to a world of unimaginable wonders.

By necessity, Mackintosh-Smith’s journey may have cut some corners (“I only wish I had the odd thirty years to spare, and Ibn Battutah’s enviable knack of extracting large amounts of cash, robes and slaves from compliant rulers.”) But in this wry, evocative, and uniquely engaging travelogue, he spares no effort in giving readers an unforgettable glimpse into both the present-day and fourteenth-century Islamic worlds.

Fodor's Morocco, 3rd Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Sip mint tea on the edge of the Sahara, bargain like mad in Marrakesh, wander the narrow streets of Fez, learn how to surf at Oualidia, one of Morocco's hottest beaches, or take in the awe-inspiring Islamic architecture – Fodor's Morocco, 3rd Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best –"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

- We frequently update our Morocco guide, and we make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book. Plus we provide timely updates about the area at Fodors.com.
- Unlike other travel books, Fodor's guides rely heavily on local experts who know the territory best–so you know you're seeing the real Morocco.
- We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices.

Map 0742 Morocco/Maroc (Michelin National Maps)

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Year in Marrakesh

Peter Mayne

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A book that makes me jealous 5 out of 5 stars.
27 of 30 people found this review helpful.

Oh to be able to relocate to an exotic city and write for an occupation! That's what occurs in "A Year in Marrakesh". While other English citizens are touring Morocco, Peter Mayne relocated there, to become a part of the city of Marrakesh and to come to know it. There are many lively characters here, painted with a comprehensive brush that shows them to be, if not real people, than so realistic seeming that you never find yourself saying, "Yeah, right, like you'd actually meet someone like that."

Also, this book give a gentle entry into the mindset of average Muslim people.

This book will not shake your world-view, but it may give you the hankering to pick up stakes and relocate for a year or more. And isn't that what good travel literature is supposed to do?

Must know French... 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This bk was written in 1953. The author uses many French and Moroccan arabic phrases in his writing which makes the experiences & people he encounters feel more authentic but if you aren't familiar with those languages it'd be a frustrating read. Mayne's vignettes are quirky...I never felt as though I got to know him or like him but it was a fairly quick read so I didn't care that much.
There are other books that get to the heart of the Morocco better & deeper with more humor & humanity such as Tahir Shah's "The Caliph's House."

Time Out Marrakech: Essaouira and the High Atlas (Time Out Guides)

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Wonderful, up to date book for Marrakech 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I studied a lot of books before I left, and this was the most up-to-date (fall of 2007) book I found. I've liked other Time Out books as well. Once I was in Marrakech, it was invaluable for all of its information and advice. I showed it to a local man, who gave it high marks too.

Great guide 5 out of 5 stars.
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Love the way the book introduce the culture, provide the info needed for travelling to Marrakech. I followed their recommendation for the Spa, shopping and sight-seeing. With the colorful pictures, it is light to carry. I would strongly recommend anyone to read it and bring it along with you travel. Especially the route they recommended to shopping.

Editorial Review:

Time Out Marrakech gives readers the ground rules for wandering this chaotic, charismatic city at will, as well as taking them directly to all of the addresses they shouldn't miss, from current hip hangouts to the riad (boutique) hotels of choice. Local writers offer pithy profiles of the best, the worst, the most stylish, and the most overrated of destinations for dining and shopping. It’s all here: Marrakech’s unique art and architecture, the irresistible souks (markets), Jemaa El Fna, and glorious trips out of town to the austerely beautiful desert and mountains.