He is adamant about not wanting to have any buns, the first time we try them. We don’t get why. Oh well, he can be weird sometimes, our D. We sit at the table, bound by brunch. Feasting.
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Reasons To Believe: Thank You for 2013
They put up the tree. With no help from me. I’ve taught them well. They’ve bought the presents – no help required, save for a few Naira bills. They’ve picked what they want to feast on. Croquembouche. Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Puffs. Coffee 🙂 For Breakfast. I’ve decided on Lunch. Roast chicken. Potatoes. Suya-spiced Roasted Butter-nut squash....
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Yellow. Bright. Happy. Memories of Lagos
 I’ve got a thing for Yellow. And Blue. Cobalt. And Sky. I love Blue.
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Sugarcane Juice Revisited: Three (3) Ways
This post is as much about showing off my bargain ‘Eva Solo’ Danish Design tumblers…. ….as it is about exploring new flavours with sugar cane juice.
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Christmas Cakes, Bakes & Things
Anticlimax. Antithesis. Polar opposites. Diametrically opposed. This was my very weekend. One moment I’m complaining about ‘no harmattan’, and the next morning I’m the glorious recipient of a cold wave when I open my front door – ‘Harmattan’ has officially arrived. So now I can make my declaration ‘Its time to get ready for Christmas’....
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Two Recipes from Thanksgiving
We feasted and we drank plenty. My back ached but I was thankful in spite of it.
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The Days After Thanksgiving
…Have found me in bed. Prostrate. Terrible back ache that has kept me not quite sitting, standing or lying down with any measure of comfort. I’m much better now. Back at work and checking with the doctors to make sure everything is fine. But still I have reasons to be thankful. I’m alive, right? Thankful...
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Weekend Wonders: Cardamom – Green, White and Black
This Weekend Wonder is dedicated to Cardamom and Deception. Â Sweet. Deeply aromatic. Mentholated. Cooling spice. Beguiling. Exotic. Heady scents. Complex, Intensely aromatic, sweet, complex, spicy, beguiling, heady. Intoxicating. Complex, of citrus, peppers, flora and herbs. Bringing intrigue. Delivering depth. Â Resinous. Deception. That feeling of being let down. Lied to. Treated with malicious intent.
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Nigeria’s Rainy Season Produce: October
Seasons come and seasons go, and fruits remain the same. They appear, fruits with multiple harvest seasons.