I still remember the first time I ever had Ethiopian food. It was at Mama Desta’s Red Sea restaurant in Chicago, where I took an ex-flame that I was desperately trying to rekindle. I don’t remember ...

Ethiopian food is distinctive and delicious, befitting a remarkable country with a cultural heritage that stands out from the rest of Africa. While the cuisine of Ethiopia is becoming better known, it ...

The first time I tried making injera, I poisoned my wife. I was cocky in my conviction that I could pull off the tricky Ethiopian flatbread that gets its tangy flavor from slow fermentation, much like ...

A cozy mix of cabbage, potatoes, and carrots simmered in warm spices — this Ethiopian dish is pure comfort in one pot.

The first time I tried Ethiopian food, I was visiting my friend, Mat, in Montreal. We’d met the previous summer on a train headed to Berlin, and since we were both backpacking solo around Europe and ...

Key Highlight: Top spots to try Ethiopian food include Elfegne, Chercher, Ethiopic and Tsehay. Ethiopian cuisine is a staple in Washington, D.C. – and the nation's capital is home to the largest ...

Misir wot is an extremely spicy dish that food explorer Jay Francis calls “Ethiopian chili.” It’s a vegetarian stew of split lentils simmered in red chile sauce with ginger and garlic. I watched ...

Injera, cool to the touch, silkier than a tortilla and exploding with hundreds of fermentation bubbles on its spongier side, seems designed by a higher power to absorb the lush, spicy stews created by ...

Chef Elias Taddesse trained in France and worked in several Manhattan Michelin-starred kitchens. But when it comes to his own restaurants, the chef—who grew up in Addis Ababa and Minneapolis—likes to ...

What’s the Tigray region like? Tigray is very remote with lots of mountains; in some places, there aren’t even any roads. It’s part of a developing nation, so there’s an element of poverty — more than ...