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