Dine Like an Expert: Ethiopian Edition

Are you a newcomer to injera and the many joys of Ethiopian cuisine? We share some tips and restaurant recommendations.

An Ethiopian meal at Habesha Garden Restaurant, featuring doro wat (top center). (Photo: Bethia Woolf)

If you know one thing about Ethiopian food, it’s probably injera—the thin, slightly sour, crepelike delicacy made from the tiny supergrain teff.

I was around 12 years old when I laid eyes on injera—and Ethiopian food in general—for the first time. It was…