a journey of transformation
When I purchased all the spices to cook Ethiopian food there was some ridiculous price minimum to avoid paying $12 in pure shipping fees, so I bought 2 lbs of green coffee beans. I really like Ethiopian coffee, but what do I know about roasting coffee beans. So like before, I turned to Efrem for…
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I continued my learning of Ethiopian cuisine by attempting to make my favorite: shiro. Again I was getting tenuous instructions from the boyfriend. But at the end of it all my dish turned out all right. Just needed some garlic and maybe another small tomato. Anyway, dessert was some more gluten free baked goods retrieved…
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Dating an Ethiopian man, whose friends are all Ethiopian (almost exclusively), means I’ve eaten a LOT of Ethiopian food. Mind you they don’t really cook it being that they’re all men and they have wonderful mothers who cooked for them all the time, and still do. So other than the chopping of raw meat and…
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Gluten-free Blood Orange cake (adapted from elana’s pantry) Ingredients 2 oranges 4 eggs 3/4 c honey 2 cups blanched almond flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda Instructions wash the oranges and boil them whole (skin and all) until soft place oranges (skin and all) in a food processor and blend until smooth [note: I…
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like black butterflies 