New Year's Resolution

One of my New Year's resolutions is to learn more about a country before we arrive so I can ask better questions of our guides.  February's destination: Morocco!  Of course a cookbook was in order, so I got this beautiful tome by Jeff Koehler which includes a delightful culinary history of the country and dedicated chapters for Street Food, Tagines, and Couscous.  I then chose two personal journals: one by Edith Wharton of her travels at the end of WWI and a more contemporary account of an Australian couple's adventures in purchasing and rehabilitating a riad (townhouses designed around a central courtyard) in Fez.