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Harlem-based Ethiopian-Israeli chef Beejhy Barhany dishes on her new cookbook

JL;DR SUMMARY Beejhy Barhany, an Ethiopian-Israeli chef and owner of Tsion Cafe in Harlem, has released her first cookbook, "Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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VeganShabbatJewish HeritageBeta IsraelTsion CafeBeejhy BarhanyEthiopian CultureEthiopian Jewish CuisineGurshaMulticultural Cuisine

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New York City, New York, United States
"After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, she traveled the world and, in her early 20s, settled in New York City."
Harlem, New York, United States
"Chef Beejhy Barhany, the proprietor of Tsion Cafe, a kosher and vegan Israeli-Ethiopian restaurant in Harlem, was born in Ethiopia."
Tigray, Ethiopia
"In Gursha, Barhany   a mother of two who runs Tsion Cafe with her husband, Padmore John, who originally hails from the Caribbean island of Dominica shares memories of her childhood in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia."
Sudan
"As a child, she spent three years in Sudan, then lived in Ashkelon in southern Israel until she moved to Kibbutz Alumim, near the Gaza Strip, during her teen years."
Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel
"As a child, she spent three years in Sudan, then lived in Ashkelon in southern Israel until she moved to Kibbutz Alumim, near the Gaza Strip, during her teen years."

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