Thank you, thank you, thank you. Dear friends – thank you for taking the time to respond to my survey on a Nigerian food & drink magazine. I promised to share some results of the 10-minute survey I conducted in early October on a Nigerian/African food & drink magazine. In Brief: 73 people from all over...
Interesting things happen every day. So began my Friday, last Friday. I was chatting online with a colleague about a shared responsibility we have, and when we were done, I left my desk to another building. On my return, I saw she’d sent me a link – I had absolutely no idea what it was...
My friends are the other children my mother didn’t have. In fact, in the course of my young life, I have chosen turned to them many a time…over the children of my mother’s womb. But now I am old and grey, and both have a place in my heart. I am thankful for my friends,...
I like it when this happens, when a regular visit to Food 52 brings up…to my surprise, one of my recipes on the front page! Along with a super gorgeous photo. Thanks Jenny, Mondays rock because of you! X X X[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Take 2: Deep Fried Green Beans – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
It took me many years to understand the meaning of ‘Thrift’. For some reason, I always thought it was positively linked to ‘Spendthrift’. Not negatively. Alas, I was wrong. thrifty |ˈθriftē| adjective ( thriftier , thriftiest ) 1 (of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. See note...
This post is inspired by Celia (of Fig Jam and Lime Cordial) who does a monthly feature called ‘In My Kitchen’. Join the fun! Click on the link to visit Celia’s blog: Fig Jam and Lime Cordial ——♥♥♥—— Proudly ‘Made in Nigeria’. Like my 5-year old son who was ‘Made in Nigeria, Born in Holland’!...
In my kitchen are some of my most treasured possessions: Glass jars with metal gingham covers, in a variety of colours and sizes.
Imagine that? A day celebrating the delicate beauties that ‘macarons’ are? Not that I’ve attempted them recently……but I still love ’em, with heart and soul. Click on each photo to get to the ‘relevant’ recipe/post In Paris, where holidays are done right, it’s Jour du Macaron, and about eight hours ago, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren...
The first ‘7 links’ I read was Lyndsey’s of The Tiny Skillet a few weeks ago and I loved it. It made so much sense to trawl through the blog archives and select 7 posts for 7 different reasons. And so when Steve, the ‘Oui Chef’ tagged me I was thrilled – finally it gave...