It's hard to overestimate what a debt I owe to the City and County of San Francisco. I wouldn't be half the lover of ethnic food I am if I hadn't spent so much time there. I was working on a contract ...

HERE'S A TIP that ought to make the Saveur 100 next year: Not only can you resuscitate leftover injera in the microwave, but it makes a great blini substitute. This astonishing bit of caviar lore ...

Fellow diners at this Ethiopian restaurant kept stopping by our table to ask what we’d ordered, and I can’t blame them, because everything that was heaped on our plate — the stews, the vegetables, the ...

SEATTLE — The food at Jebena Cafe in Seattle is more than just a meal. For Mesfin Ayele and his sister, Martha Ayele, it's their life. They've been open since 2011, working from morning to evening, ...

A sojourn to an Ethiopian restaurant is never a quick dinner, and at this Ethiopian restaurant, the service is notoriously slow-moving, but that’s because it’s a one-woman show, and what emerges from ...

Anybody remember People Express? Back in the 1980s, when I was living in New York City, the budget airline People Express offered flights to Washington, D.C., and Boston for a mere $19 each way. You ...

I've always felt a pang of guilt when walking past Mahider Ethiopian Restaurant & Market. That's because I only do it when I'm on my way to Tosh's Ramen restaurant, which is located in the same State ...

On a quiet morning inside the kitchen of Café Abyssinia on Magazine Street, Ermias Alemu watched his mother, Asselefech Wako, spoon berbere spice into a pot of onions, garlic and ginger to prepare the ...

A new Ethiopian restaurant — the only one in the county — has opened in San Luis Obispo. Ebony, the creation of four Ethiopian women, offers a full menu of organic, gluten-free and vegan foods at its ...

Situated in an old house, the tables and chairs scattered throughout Zemam's rooms are rather utilitarian, with photos and art dotted on the restaurant's walls. But once you sit down and peruse the ...