The Pantry

Let me invite you into my world — the history of Ethiopian coffee, the ritual of abol, tona, and bereka, and why in Ethiopia coffee is not a drink but a culture.

A bone-strengthening tuber, a drought-proof miracle tree, and a wild nettle worth the sting — the indigenous Ethiopian foods the world is only starting to notice.

Somalia's bubbly laxoox, Oromo budeena, Gurage qocho — injera has cousins across the Horn of Africa, and each tells its own story.