Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds

Her essays can be read online under Yemisi Ogbe.. Her essays on food are a lens through which the complex entity of Nigeria is observed. Yemisi has also written essays on various topics including Nigerian Christianity and identity. She has written about Nigerian food for over 7 years; for 234Next, the Chimurenga Chronic, and at her personal blog, Longthroat Memoirs. Yemisi Aribisala is a writer and a lover of good food

As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of Nigerian food, Longthroat Memoirs is a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.. Aribisala writes with verve, sass, and with such humor and confidence that it takes one's breath away. Her tales of Nigeria's many mouth-watering foods are globally spiced with riffs on everything from Yorkshire puddings and Eccles cakes, to the tartufi bianchi, and South Asian red curries. If ever a book deserves to be a bestseller, this is it." Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author of Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the SunA sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian cuisine, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer. Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016."A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food, which, as she points out, is somet

Her essays can be read online under Yemisi Ogbe.. About the AuthorYemisi Aribisala is a writer and a lover of good food. She has written about Nigerian food for over 7 years; for 234Next, the Chimurenga Chronic, and at her personal blog, Longthroat Memoirs. Yemisi has also written essays on various topics including Nigerian Christianity and identity. Her essays on food are a lens through which the complex entity of Nigeria is observed

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