Food Writing

Food and Cooking, Food Writing

Plant-Based Diet?

The term plant-based first appeared in my vocabulary repertoire two years back and, to me, it became more ubiquitous on social media in 2019. I sincerely wondered what it meant.  Now don’t get me wrong. The meaning “plant-based diet” can be easily deciphered from the conjoined word: food made from plants. However, I had never […]

Food and Cooking, Food Writing

Onion Eater or Hater?

“I won’t be able to eat the noodles,” she said. Her friend tried to convince her that the aboki made the best noodles for his customers all the time. “He puts onions in his food, right? I can’t stand the taste of onions in my food!” I had overheard two ladies talking, and wasn’t surprised […]

Food Writing

Grow a Garden, My Friend!

As a young girl, one of the things I found myself loving about food is; you can be a part of the whole process. From planting to nurturing to harvesting and to cooking, I find it intriguing that one can plant peppers, vegetables and fruits somewhere in the house and tend until it becomes what […]

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Loving Sugar?

“Akara was served again. It was a sunny Saturday morning in secondary school. Saturdays came with a lot of ecstasy. It was not just about the “weekend euphoria”. Our breakfast – round and crispy Akara balls fried with Palm oil usually held our feelings high and brought so much joy to the weekend. The weekend […]

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Tasty or Healthy?

Pretty Thursday isn’t it? Can’t believe we are entering the sixth month of the year on Saturday. How time flies! I had a conversation recently with someone that made think about whether what we consume should either be tasty or healthy. He is Igbo by tribe and as telling him I made Oha soup (a […]

Food and Cooking, Food Writing

What do you invest in?

I’ve been thinking lately about how much time we invest in the things we love. You know a proof of whether you really love something is the amount of time spent (communing or studying or practising the subject) with it right? If you’re not doing just that, you’re anything other than an enthusiast! Commitment and […]