Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond by Beejhy Barhany and Elisa Ung

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  • monica_eatyhg on December 23, 2025

    I saw a lecture this author gave about her experiences as a child, and how food played into her family history, and automatically went to buy it. It isn't often that you find a cookbook on Ethiopian and Jewish fusion food. This is an amazing cookbook. The love and joy put into telling the stories offers you a unique insight to the history of the dish. The instructions are easy to follow, and the food is delicious. The book itself is art. The binding is cloth with an African pattern. The paper of the book is of high quality, and the photos are bold and colorful. For those who may be curious? Buy this book. You will not regret it.

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  • ISBN 10 0593536673
  • ISBN 13 9780593536674
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Apr 01 2025
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 304
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Knopf

Publishers Text

A triumphant celebration of Ethiopian Jewish cuisine; more than one hundred recipes, stories, and traditions from the intersection of the African and Jewish diasporas.

In Gursha, which loosely translates as “the act of feeding one another,” chef and restaurateur Beejhy Barhany shares the food and culture of Beta Israel or Ethiopian Jews.

Born in Ethiopia, Barhany fled to Sudan before making her way to Israel and, eventually, Harlem. In Gursha, she tells that story through food, bringing together more than a hundred personal recipes, from traditional dishes (Doro Wot, Shakshuka, Legamat [Sudanese doughnuts]) to those of her own creation (Berbere Fried Fish, Injera Fish Taco, Queen of Sheba Chocolate Cardamom Cake). Alongside the recipes, readers will also find essays on Beta Israel culture and traditions, profiles of the author’s friends and family members that illuminate the Ethiopian Jewish community, and more.

While smaller in number and not as widely known as many other groups of Jews, the Beta Israel boast one of the world’s great culinary cultures, and Gursha is the first major cookbook to share it with home cooks everywhere.

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