…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 for failure. And for friendships.
Beste Sinterklaas Wensen
To my dearest Dutch friends, best wishes for Sinterklaas. I hope you have terrific feestjes . Enjoy the kruidnoten, peppernoten and snopjes. Lots of love X X X [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Beste Sinterklaas Wensen – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
The Day Before Thanksgiving
Yes, we celebrate ‘Turkey Day’ as D put it. But not with Turkey. With Chicken. Tomorrow we’ll sit together and we’ll feast. We are thankful for life. We have reason to be thankful. Reason to be thankful for so many things. Like Failure. Like learning ‘How not to do it’. Embracing the foolhardiness of choices….and moving on. There’s many a thing failure can teach, of which I’ll share two (2). Like: 1. How to plan better aka how to plan ahead for success. Like preparing for Thanksgiving dinner which is NOT celebrated in Nigeria. And is a school/work night.
Kumquats in Lagos
From this…. …to this in 24.
Its Official – I LOVE RADIO
Oh Gosh, I LOVE Radio. I just might have found myself a new calling. Sure, I’ll have to have proper media training so I don’t stammer and stutter so much :-), but I think I’ll make it alright. Discover Food Internet Radio with Chow and Chatter on BlogTalkRadio
Today Thursday: On Blog Talk Radio with Rebecca/ Chow & Chatter
TODAY Nig/4.30pm: @chowandchatter & I on #blogtalkradio, talking #Nigeriancuisine & #foodblogging http://t.co/t0xgHyd72X “#rdchat Join&RT — Kitchenbutterfly (@Kitchnbutterfly) November 21, 2013 Excited! Join Rebecca, of Chow & Chatter and myself for a wonderful show at 4.30pm West African Time [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Today Thursday: On Blog Talk Radio with Rebecca/ Chow & Chatter – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
My Favourite Things: Travel Treasures
Its past noon and the skies are pounding Pounding hard with rain Yet it was just this morning that I Welcomed the Harmattan Crisp, dry, foggy too The promise of warmth…. …..only underneath thick blankets and cardigans Best had with books and tea Our Nigerian winter But it never rains Never rains in Harmattan season Never So the time is not yet come —–00000—– My mind is cast to times and places and memories of warmth. Brought by travel and wander and wonder. Matcha Whisk I remember when I first discovered Matcha in Paris. Fascinated by its green colour, I salted,...
Juice: Romancing Nigerian Sugarcane
Romance – budding or not A glass of crushed ice (must be beaten. To ‘crushes’ with a rolling pin) Must Fragrant lime cheeks, off the slant. Squeezed for juice (Held and inhaled. Transported to green hill far, far, away. Romance again) Yellow ginger. Fresh. Peeled with a spoon then sliced thin. Juiced too. The heat warmth of a tropical afternoon Caressing my fine brown skin And sweet, sweet sugar cane juice Pressed between barrels of steel With tools meant for another Dug from dark and humid places Marked with rust Juice Gently poured on ice, fragrant with lime Glasses...
Weekend Wonders: Cardamom – Green, White and Black
This Weekend Wonder is dedicated to Cardamom and Deception. 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. Resinous. Deception. That feeling of being let down. Lied to. Treated with malicious intent.