“Corn season is here” was always a delight to hear when my mum would come home with bags and bags of fresh corn. She also came back with pear to accompany the corn and that made it all the more interesting. My cousins would come and visit and we made up songs about corn and
Corn season is upon us and some interesting recipes would be coming out of my kitchen like this honey corn cupcake one. I have completely missed fresh corn and I would be looking forward to creating savory and sweet dishes using this one ingredient. In this recipe however, I did not use fresh corn, I
As I write this post, Nigerian citizens are gearing up for the inauguration of a new president of Nigeria. This is a very significant time for Nigerians as for the first time in a long time, they feel like their voices were heard in terms of the voting process. The hashtag #Changeishere seems to be
American thanksgiving is around the corner and I am so bummed I don’t get to spend it with my girls this year. Although on the upside, I won’t be the one slaving in the kitchen whilst they sip wine and chit chat haha love you ladies. Americans in the south are known to consume a
Where do I begin apologizing from? I have behaved highly inappropriately for not posting as I should. The last few weeks have been a tad crazy but in a good way. I have been doing all kinds of random ajala travels. I graduated (yay) and I moved out of San Francisco 🙁 I swear I
Beans is one of my favorite dishes. I think this has a little bit to do with my dad. He is diabetic and he has a limited amount of dishes he can consume so beans became his best meal. I am certain it was even before diabetes reared its ugly head however, I grew up
A couple of weeks ago, my mum (1QFoodPlatter) got into town and the first thing I did was drag her to the Danforth food festival. This is a popular food festival in Toronto and I wasn’t going to miss it for the world. We got there and realized several streets were shut down for this
Corn and Chicken Soup was the standard appetizer my mum ordered for us at Chinese restaurants growing up in Nigeria. She knew we loved it and would never waste it so it was the compulsory starter with some vegetable spring rolls. Many years it is still a favorite for me. It is not traditionally a
