Caption: At RAS, you can order Caribbean food (like the Bake and Shark, left) or Ethiopian cuisine (like the vegetarian platter, right)., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Image by: Rebecca Sheir 
At RAS, you can order Caribbean food (like the Bake and Shark, left) or Ethiopian cuisine (like the vegetarian platter, right). 

Injera Bread & Shark Meat: Tasting Ethiopia & Jamaica

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Length: 04:46

Embed_button
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out! Read the full description.

_08

Two culinary traditions – separated by nearly 8,000 miles – are finding a fusion in Washington, D.C. Rebecca Sheir takes us to a restaurant that represents an 80-year bond between Jamaica and Africa… and unites some rather exotic and unlikely flavors.

More from Rebecca Sheir

Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ

A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board (03:45)
From: Rebecca Sheir

A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.
Piece image

Gladiators of the Gullet (04:46)
From: Rebecca Sheir

When a local eating contest goes major league and professional "gurgitators" step up to the plate, can the local lay-eaters hold their own?
Piece image

Unleavened Alaska: Passover in the Last Frontier (05:40)
From: Rebecca Sheir

When it comes to Passover, why is this state different from all other states?
Piece image

Gone Mousin' (02:59)
From: Rebecca Sheir

In Alaska, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish"; it's "Go Mouse"...
Piece image

Rise & Shine: Baking Bread in the Last Frontier (05:21)
From: Rebecca Sheir

The culinary -- and romantic -- chemistry of Alaskan sourdough.
Piece image

Studying & Sniffing: Becoming a Certified Beer Judge (04:54)
From: Rebecca Sheir

Drink your beer -- and judge it, too.
Piece image

Love & Borscht in Alaska (03:12)
From: Rebecca Sheir

Nina Fefelov's Samovar Cafe brings a tempting taste of Russia to rural Alaska... with a heaping helping of one-of-a-kind love.
Caption: Cliff Brody looks at an old photo of his deceased friend/sergeant, Joe Blakely, who changed Cliff’s life during the Vietnam War., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

Veteran Repays Near-Half-Century Debt (05:40)
From: Rebecca Sheir

How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.
Piece image

"Marathon Man" of Jazz Celebrates a Lifetime of Making Music (07:00)
From: Rebecca Sheir

Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.
Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers

Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments (04:10)
From: Rebecca Sheir

Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

Piece Description

Two culinary traditions – separated by nearly 8,000 miles – are finding a fusion in Washington, D.C. Rebecca Sheir takes us to a restaurant that represents an 80-year bond between Jamaica and Africa… and unites some rather exotic and unlikely flavors.

Broadcast History

A version of this piece originally aired on WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection, 08/12/11.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

OUTRO:

Rebecca Sheir hosts Metro Connection, on W-A-M-U 88-5 in Washington, D-C.

Related Website

www.metroconnection.org