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HERITAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Recipes & Foodways

Explore the foods, preparation traditions and hospitality that bring families and communities together.

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Each card links directly to the full recipe on the original publisher’s website.

AI-generated illustration of a golden Dabo loaf with a slice showing the crumb

BREADS

Dabo

Ethiopian bread

A gently sweet loaf associated with Ethiopian Jewish Shabbat and holiday meals.

Recipe by Beejhy BarhanyJewish Food Society
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AI-generated illustration of Messer Wot red lentil stew in a bowl

SOUPS & STEWS

Messer Wot

Red lentil stew

Red lentils cooked with onions, ginger and berbere spices, to serve alongside bread.

Recipe by Beejhy BarhanyJewish Food Society
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AI-generated illustration of Gomen cooked collard greens with onions

VEGETABLES

Gomen

Collard greens with garlic and ginger

A vegetable dish combining tender collard greens, aromatic onions and warming spices.

Recipe by Beejhy BarhanyJewish Food Society
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AI-generated illustration of folded Injera teff flatbread

BREADS

Ethiopian Shabbat Injera

Teff flatbread

A pan-cooked flatbread made with teff and a fermented batter, shared as a Shabbat bread option.

Recipe by Rabbi Deborah R. PrinzReform Judaism
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