Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits | Laila Lalami

so-so

3/5 ⭐️ Interwoven short stories about people who try to cross the river border from Morocco to Spain. Some make it and others don't.
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AnneCecilie Love your cover. I felt the same about this book too 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y

Catsandbooks @AnneCecilie I just felt like something was missing 3y

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AnneCecilie

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits | Laila Lalami

so-so

At 180p, this book is too short to tell the story it tries to tell, at least for me.

Four Moroccans, Murad, Faten, Halima and Aziz, meet for the first time on the boat that will take from Morocco to Spain. They are trying to get into Spain illegally. Then we get their story for getting on the boat and then we get to know what happened afterwards.

I would have wanted to get to know these people more.

AnneCecilie I have wanted to read Lalami for awhile and I glad I finally did #foodandlit #Morocco @Butterfinger @Texreader 3y

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suzisteffen

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits | Laila Lalami

I made a vegetable tagine tonight, and that made me think of Morocco, which led me to think about this super book. (This is all of the ingredients waiting for me to put the tagine lid on, and then to cook for ~55 minutes.) One of my favorite things is adding the ras al hanout that I made from a Moroccan recipe on the internet - a beautiful blend of spices, SO GOOD. 😋

julesG Looks good. Hope it tasted even better. 6y

Weaponxgirl That sounds wonderful, how was it? 6y

suzisteffen @julesG @Weaponxgirl So good! And it made enough to feed, like, 10 people. We‘ll be enjoying it for days. Wish you were here, or that I could pop some over to you both. #teleportation 6y

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julesG Wouldn't teleportation be so much more practical? 6y

julesG You could share the recipe, though. 😉 6y

suzisteffen @julesG LOL! I COULD. Here's the recipe, which I only roughly followed (like, I added cauliflower and chick peas [garbanzo beans in USian], only used one sweet potato and one courgette [zucchini in the US], added more ras al hanout and turmeric than it calls for ... and more harissa! mmm): https://nutritionstripped.com/garden-vegetable-tagine/

Ras al hanout recipe in the next comment ... 6y

suzisteffen @julesG
Oops, it's ras EL hanout:
2 teasponns nutmeg
2 t (dried) coriander
2 t cumin
2 t ground ginger
2 t turmeric
2 t table salt
2 t cinnamon
1.5 t sugar
1.5 t paprika (not smoked)
1.5 t ground black pepper
1 t cayenne
1 t cardamom
1 t allspice
.5 t cloves

mix well! 6y

julesG Thanks!!!!! 6y

suzisteffen @julesG You are welcome! I asked my family for a tagine for Xmas a few years ago - I believe this is the one they got me (not sure about sizes but I think this larger size is the right one - it's ... big and heavy). Super useful and very easy to clean. I should cook in it more often!
https://www.emilehenryusa.com/collections/tagines/products/tagine?variant=768652... 6y

julesG Thanks again. I've been toying with the idea of getting one. 6y

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ConstantReader1

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits | Laila Lalami

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Unusual read about Moroccan immigrants trying to cross illegally into Spain and their fates. Particularly interesting to me as i was in Morocco at the time. Wonderful and warm people and beautiful country, but with economic challenges that are well portrayed.

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