Sama aka nettle was used as a weapon of choice for disciplining kids in some areas back home. Â It grew everywhere back home and I would think it is for the most part considered a useless weed until a child misbehaves and the parent goes out looking for it. Sometimes the mischievous child who got [...]
Published by May 27th, 2010 in Childhood and Thoughts.Tag Archive for 'food'
If you know me, you know I love food. Yes I cook, but sometimes when you have a craving, it’s just that craving. The Manhattan from BooyeMonger, a delicious sandwich filled with cooked spinach, bacon and hot Roast beef with a house dressing; the crust from a wood oven baked pizza at Pizza Paradiso; the [...]
Published by November 6th, 2009 in Family, Food and Open.Don’t get me wrong I like Kitfo, especially good Kitfo. But this has to be the second most ordered food at Ethiopian Restaurants when Ethiopians attend. Here in DC, Dama Restaurant by public consensus has the best Kitfo; possibly in the whole US of A. Kitfo is good but I am tired of ordering it, [...]
Published by January 23rd, 2009 in African, Food and Social.When was the last time you were served by a male waiter in an Ethiopian restaurant? If you are like me, only once; and in that instance the waiter happened to the owner of the restaurant. Ethiopian restaurants servers, in general are only females. Of course, I am talking about the restaurants here in the [...]
Published by April 14th, 2006 in Design and Food.A friend who decided to cook for a group of people did not have NiTr Kibe, so she decided to cook with regular butter. I must say it lacked depth compared to what I am used to. Ethiopian food is complicated to start from scratch. In a sense, all ethnic food is complicated. For Indian [...]
Published by March 30th, 2006 in Food.
