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Christmas around the world
Spend the holiday on a culinary trip around the globe without leaving Chicago.
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Selam Ethiopian Kitchen brings it raw
An Uptown butcher shop and market has evolved into a forum for East African feasting.
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Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine serves up abundant wonders in Uptown
At the tiny East African spot, it’s injera for all.
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Eat spaghetti with your hands at Den Den
Some good reasons to visit the city’s only Eritrean restaurant
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One Bite: false banana bread at an Ethio-Chinese joint
Lake Langano is one of the only places in the U.S. that serves the southern Ethiopian fermented staple qocho
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In Print: Mesob Across America
A new book on Ethiopian food in America and a video tutorial on making the honey wine tej.
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This Week in Food & Drink: Everything Ethiopian
In this week’s Food & Drink: an Ethiopian market with a wealth of injeras and a listings roundup of East African restaurants.
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A Wealth of Injeras
All things Ethiopian at Edgewater’s Kukulu Market—including multiple varieties of the cuisine’s staple flatbread.
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One bite: chechebsa
At Edgewater’s Kukulu Market you’ll find chechebsa (also known as kita firfir), the Ethiopian breakfast and snack made of shredded flatbread fried in butter and berbere, along with Ethiopian coffee, spices, and several varieties of injera.
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Closings: Restaurants Without Publicists Edition
Yesterday came the much-lamented news that Mohammad Islam and Malika Ameen’s River North Aigre Doux had closed its doors. And then before anyone had time step away from their keyboards […]
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This week in Food & Drink: world of ice
Ethnic ices and ice cream in this week’s Food & Drink.