FOOD MATTERS: Food, love, hate...
Yemisi Ogbe
After the boiling, what I feel for the Shaki borders on infatuation.
March 17, 2010 11:36PM
FOOD MATTERS: Long throat memoir
Yemisi Ogbe
There is something about rural living, about the way that outdoors and indoors integrate into a resonating open air theatre.
March 4, 2010 01:25AM
FOOD MATTERS: Good strong African teeth
Yemisi Ogbe
Red is blood, and this is what discounts the "agric chicken" with its cloying fat and chemically induced weight.
February 25, 2010 01:15PM
FOOD MATTERS: Okro soup dreams
Yemisi Ogbe
The more subjectively enticing the soup is in one’s dream, the surer the bait, a compromise between the Okro soup.
February 24, 2010 05:43PM
FOOD MATTERS: Yam pottage
Yemisi Ogbe
The yam is unequivocally ours and we are fearless in its presence no matter how belligerently it presents itself.
February 11, 2010 01:11AM
FOOD MATTERS: A bird in hand...
Yemisi Ogbe
The elixir that would cure a Nigerian man would of necessity have to be a pepper soup version.
February 10, 2010 12:51PM
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
March 18, 2010 02:02AM
Stew my way
A pot of stew can be a key diplomatic tool.
FOOD MATTERS: Nostalgic sardine omelette
I am looking at an egg, and thinking of how quintessentially composed it is. It sits in a crate or
FOOD MATTERS: Never say pap
How do I know that this was a good year for Obudu Delight? Because this year, I gained a new
FOOD MATTERS: Eating elegantly with fingers
The Chinese believe it is uncultivated to eat with one’s fingers. South Asian foods, are designed to be eaten with
FOOD MATTERS: What's eating little boys
The modern version of the early 19th century nursery rhyme asks the question what are little boys are made of?
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.
