“Eee-yew! Spongey!” cries my buddy Tim. “And you have to eat with your fingers? A mess! Why can’t we have a knife and fork like at any other place?” He has just unrolled a section of slightly rubbery ...

Aug. 14—ROCHESTER — Rochester welcomed its first Ethiopian store earlier this summer. Adey Abeba General Import and Ethiopian Store is an Ethiopian store that carries a variety of cultural items and ...

Addis Abeba — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia's Abay River, the Blue Nile, which supplies up to 86% of the Nile's waters, has for centuries carried away not only the country's fertile soil but ...

The charming restaurant space at the corner of 10th Avenue East and East Miller Street — on the less party-centric, northern tip of Capitol Hill — has had so many tempting incarnations over the years.

Addis Ababa — After 14 years of relentless endeavors, and unshakable dedication, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today -- 9 September 2015 (Pagumen 4, 2017 E.C.), inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance ...

Black Gold, a documentary about Ethiopia’s coffee industry, promises that after you see it, “coffee will never taste the same.” In the film, shots of perky Starbucks managers are followed by clips of ...

Middle East insanity, tourism editionNo small destination punches as far above its weight as Jordan. The decision to close the Jordan Tourism Board -- North America... What Viking's growth tells us ...

The Nile River is almost always associated with Egypt. Think back to Herodotus, who called Egypt the "gift of the Nile.” Or to baby Moses, whose river-borne bassinet made it all the way to Pharaoh's ...