FOOD MATTERS: Sweet riddles
Yemisi Ogbe
A sweet is nothing really. Not sustenance. Not particularly good for you. Boiled sugar! We give sweets to children to
January 27, 2010 11:30PM
Food prejudice
Yemisi Ogbe
Ijebu garri is the perfect garri. It is dry, sharp, and it hits the spot. Washed twice with a glass
January 20, 2010 11:55PM
FOOD MATTERS: Kanda for Christmas
Yemisi Ogbe
Kanda is hardly appropriate Christmas fare, yet Kanda for Christmas is more than apt as the title of an article
December 31, 2009 05:05AM
Rice in many guises
Yemisi Ogbe
After long periods of eating rich spicy food, a simple bowl of white rice becomes excruciatingly appealing. I am always
December 17, 2009 06:54AM
Stew my way
Yemisi Ogbe
A pot of stew can be a key diplomatic tool.
December 9, 2009 11:37PM
FOOD MATTERS: Nostalgic sardine omelette
Yemisi Ogbe
I am looking at an egg, and thinking of how quintessentially composed it is. It sits in a crate or
December 3, 2009 03:13PM
FOOD MATTERS: Never say pap
Yemisi Ogbe
How do I know that this was a good year for Obudu Delight? Because this year, I gained a new
November 18, 2009 11:44PM
FOOD MATTERS: Eating elegantly with fingers
Yemisi Ogbe
The Chinese believe it is uncultivated to eat with one’s fingers. South Asian foods, are designed to be eaten with
November 12, 2009 10:34AM
FOOD MATTERS: What's eating little boys
Yemisi Ogbe
The modern version of the early 19th century nursery rhyme asks the question what are little boys are made of?
February 6, 2010 02:00AM
That sound in the pot
Better men smile indulgently and stay at home, but this fool came in his bottom-box to a market.
The language of peppersoup
Sylvie broke my tympanum by bringing up the word "Njangsang" which I discovered the Yoruba call a more musical word
Superstition and the gift of food
Dear reader, I must admit that the superstition of others has broken something in me - I give no more
Fried Plantains
By the way, I love fried plantains. I particularly love plantains decadently fried in palm oil. I love the smell
FOOD MATTERS: Judicious eating
Never judge the food by the hawker.
FOOD MATTER: To cook or not
“...Again I learnt how to cook during the Biafran War while at home in a village with no electricity, no
FOOD MATTERS: Judicious Eating
Yemisi Ogbe
We might be so weary of questioning everything that we just don't want to have to do so with our
September 30, 2009 08:22AM
Stew my way
"Yemisi Ogbe reinvents Nigerian stew with a tasty new recipe"..
June 13, 2009 01:02PM
Cameroonian goat pepper soup
Yemisi Ogbe
This White market goat on the other hand looked as if he had had a bath that morning.
May 13, 2009 06:58PM
My ideal Breakfast
Yemisi Ogbe
Often when I am asked what I eat for breakfast, I answer "I am not really a breakfast
May 6, 2009 11:58AM
My ideal breakfast
Yemisi Ogbe
May 6, 2009 10:47AM
