10-minute Banana Dessert

Banana and coconut milk dessert

To all our frontline workers around the world: There is no greater sacrifice than the one you take on every day as you walk into the unknown, knowing what we know of the coronavirus, on behalf of all of us in the human race. Thank you for your unseen, unthanked, tireless work. We thank you. […]

Eggplant with Dried Shrimp

Eggplant and Dried Shrimp 20170227 (5)

Is the eggplant a fruit or a vegetable? The Oscars were being awarded. I never had the patience to sit through the red carpet event, knowing there would be no shortage of lists and articles in the mornings summarizing all I want to know and more. I was definitely out of the movie loop – I did not […]

Ethiopian Cabbage

Ethiopian Cabbage

Good music goes with good food. ~African Proverb Ever since stumbling on an Ethiopian restaurant, we have been going back there and persuading friends to go with us. Eating is very communal in the culture and we unabashedly and awkwardly tucked in using our right hands, as Ethiopians do. Ethiopian food incorporates lots of earthy and aromatic spices, […]