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Menbere Aklilu Named Commencement Speaker at Holy Names University
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Menbere Aklilu (Photo: salutemarinabay.com)
Menbere Aklilu, East Bay community leader, recipient of 2009’s Contra Costa Woman-Owned Business of the Year Award, and owner of Salute e Vita Ristorante in Richmond, Calif., will deliver the keynote address at Holy Names University’s (HNU) 87th commencement on Saturday, May 18.
Born in Ethiopia, Aklilu has demonstrated resilience, determination,...
Meatless Mondays: Becky and Kedist Tsadik, A Modern Ethiopian Supper Club + A Yellow Split Pea Recipe
Yellow Split Peas (Photo: Alyssa Tembrina Photography)
Los Angeles, California - Becky and Kedist Tsadik’s Ethiopian supper club Bereket began as a class assignment. In her second year of business school at UCLA, Kedist, 29, drew up plans for an upscale Ethiopian restaurant and entered the campus international food festival for empirical research. Her food kiosk ended up winning the best food...
Marcus Samuelsson Cooks in L.A. at Post & Beam
Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson, former “Top Chef Masters” contestant and chef at New York’s Red Rooster in Harlem, will be coming over to the best coast to cook at Govind Armstrong’s Baldwin Hills restaurant, Post & Beam.
Samuelsson’s hopes to bring a taste of Harlem to Baldwin Hills with the meal, which is also meant to commemorate Black History Month. The...
Wat’s New at Petit Valentien
Petit Valentien (Photo: independent.com)
Sekkardis Alemu Serves Ethiopian Weekend Lunch
Serkaddis Alemu, despite having lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, remains Ethiopian at heart. She admits, “If you sit with any Ethiopian for long, don’t be surprised if the discussion ends up about food. To know the food is to know the people.” She’s helping Santa Barbara know both the food and...
Café Colucci Celebrates a New Book Release and Ethiopian Brunch. Both on February 2
The book release and brunch will be featured at Café Colucci at 6427 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94609 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, with a traditional coffee ceremony and light snacks. The celebration will continue at the African American Museum & Library at 659 14th St Oakland, CA 94612 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., with an Ancient Ethiopian Cookware Exhibit, light appetizers and Ethiopian Honey Wine.
Oakland,...
Moya Ethiopian Restaurant Reopens
San Francisco, CA- , Moya, a small family-run Ethiopian restaurant at Seventh and Folsom, came upon hard times — a rampant neighborhood fire that forced a shutdown. An eviction battle followed, forcing proprietor Fana Alemayehu to search for a new location. Almost a year later, Eater reports that Moya has reopened with a revamped menu and a new style of service, but with many of the same Ethiopian...
Fasika, a new Ethiopian restaurant in Fresno
Fasika Restaurant in Fresno, CA (photo: Fasika)
Fresno, California (Fresno Bee) – A new Ethiopian restaurant, Fasika, has opened on Blackstone Avenue in central Fresno.
Fans of Lucy’s Lair, the Ethiopian restaurant at Maple and Behymer avenues, already are familiar with this type of cuisine, but it’s a new one for many Fresnans — including me.
The food is served family-style,...
