Hugh_C's blog about food, photos, music, video editing & other lesser codologies

This beautiful young woman was the hostess in a coffee ceremony I witnessed in a region called Sodo in southern Ethiopia. I made the trip to Ethiopia during Easter as part of a film crew, the crew was there to film a documentary about a young Irish girl who is hoping to make a difference to the lives of Ethiopian woman with an invention she devised.

There’s an account of the documentary and trip in a the works available soon

In the meantime, please drop by and have a look at my Ethiopian pictures on flickr.

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Thanks.

I have my mate George Jacob to thank for introducing me to berbere, a blend of spices often used in Ethiopian cookery. George is the Communications Officer for Self Help which promotes and implements integrated sustainable development programmes in rural Africa. His work takes him to all sorts of exotic and far flung places in Africa, and on one his travels, he brought back some berbere. This bright red powder can be used in all sorts of cooking activities – used as a spice rub for meats before grilling / roasting etc. It is fantastic stuff with a mighty kick.