Sprinkle in a touch of berbere, a North African spice blend of cayenne ... of spices adds heat but also some complexity. Sub it in recipes that call for a pinch of cayenne or red pepper flakes.

The fortifying tomato-based vermicelli soup harira is just one of the recipes ... for its spices, produced just outside Addis ...

Fold in the cilantro and scallions and serve. Make Ahead: Berbere is an Ethiopian ground red chile spice mix. It’s available at specialty food shops and from kalustyans.com.

Somali cook, food journalist and cookbook author Hawa Hassan embarks on a quest to learn the stories behind traditional recipes and ... their kitchens. The spice blend berbere is the culinary ...