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This is one of two shelving units for my cookbooks. Both are jammed. What is the reasonable response to running out of space? Certainly not culling.

It is to ask my husband to put shelving on his weekend to-do list. 😜

The money moment when I drop in the Ethiopian butter. The smell is divine! #Ethiopia #foodandlit

This is Samuelson‘s recipe for Shiro - a spiced chickpea flour “stew” of sorts. I haven‘t often seen it on restaurant menus, perhaps because it‘s too akin to home food? Ala grilled cheese sandwich.

This is a closeup of Berbere, without it and Ethiopian butter the world would be a less wonderful place. I wish I could insert a scratch & sniff! #Ethiopia #foodandlit

Shiro for dinner tonight! Marcus Samuelson is sort of an icon for Ethiopian adoptees, having been adopted himself by Swedish parents. He now resides in New York. He is a terrific example of a global citizen. #foodandlit #ethiopia

Marcus says this will be pickles. The recipe is for rum-pickled chilis, but I transformed 6 scotch bonnet peppers in to 6 mini Persian cucumbers 🥒 instead. #cookbooks

Complementing my reading of _Yes, Chef_ by getting this cookbook from the library. Turned in my coursework a day early and time to decompress before bed. 💤 💤

This is a beautiful photo cookbook. It is a collection of recipes inspired by the whole of the African continent. I use it especially for the Shiro Wat recipe (Ethiopian) which is a chickpea flour "stew", for lack of a better term. It's more like a thick paste. Sounds odd, but it is incredibly delicious & filing homestyle food. My house will smell good for days. ? Ethiopian butter is as close to heaven as I'll get on earth.