Fasika
In college I worked a part time job on the corner of Cedar and Riverside Avenues above an Ethiopian Restaurant called Odaa. Saturday mornings while I worked upstairs, the restaurant made berbere, a spicy condiment of spices and chilis that accompanies Ethiopian food. It was an old building and ventilation was poor. At first [...]
Where’s the Beet?
For years I was a strict vegetarian until one day a friend took me to the floating sushi bar at Ichiban and my self- righteous ways nosedived into the world of eating things with eyeballs. Now I call myself a recovering vegetarian. Still, my flesh intake is limited to fish every few weeks and a [...]
