I'm familiar with Eritrea mainly from studying paleoanthropology, but I would not want to visit there, due to politics. It is generally believed now that when the first humans left Africa, they went through the Horn and into southern Arabia, and so that area has a lot of interesting artifacts and remains. From southern Arabia they went through India and down into Australia, and the aboriginals in Australia were part of this first exodus, but I'm sure you already knew this. They did not go through Egypt, Palestine, or Mesopotamia, as that migration came much later. There is a new Ethiopian restaurant close to my house, about 3/4 mile away, and Kevin and I really like it. It used to be Lebanese, and we liked that also, but we have several choices for Lebanese. There is another Ethiopian restaurant about a mile and a half from our house, and we like that one too, but both of them are rather small and cramped. Most of the Ethiopian restaurants are in the southern Fairfax district, down almost to Culver City, but most of the are hit or miss. There is one that is excellent, called House of Genet that I took Lee to when she was here once, and she seemed to like it. I'm only beginning to make African food; i.e., beyond Algerian or Moroccan. I haven't made the injera bread, but it looks easy, and it's on my list. I can only get it in restaurants. Eileen and I went to an Ethiopian restaurant in San Francisco when I first met her. It was one block from the commune on Valencia Street where I lived in 1973-4! We lived in a storefront that had been a dance studio, but now the storefront has been broken up into two separate stores, side by side. It was weird to see that. I'll be on the look-out for Eritrean food, but I will have to skip the coffee:>( Thanks for sharing your experience! Lars

This was very tasty! I added some roasted red pepper and then tossed the pasta with olive oil and some dried chili flakes. (DH likes a little heat). It would also be great to serve as an appetizer without the pasta. Just serve a sliced loaf of crusty bread to soak up the sauce (which was delicious) I will make this again! Oh, and I forgot to buy a lemon so I used a tbsp. of Balsamic vinegar instead. It worked just fine.

OMG, Jinx, that’s exactly what I told DH I wanted for our birthday dinner this Saturday night! Seriously 😂! Our birthdays are just 4 days apart (4th & 8th) and so, with no indoor dining here still and him pushing no meats, I told him last night that I wanted all of those- lobster tail, crab legs and (my favorite) Creamy Orange Jalapeño Scallops- for our celebratory dinner. DH laughed, but I’m getting at least two! Come on over and you can eat and celebrate with us!

I'm still getting an occational asperagus spear from the garden, but I haven't cooked any of them yet. I eat them raw, standing up in the kitchen after I bring in whatever I've picked. Leftover enchiladas for me tonight. Last night for them. Have no idea what I'll make tomorrow but all the bbq talk on recent threads made me, I'm sure, buy a pack of pork ribs the other day. Maybe I should thaw them out tonight.