The heart of the Nevada desert in the USA is probably one of the least likely places you’d expect to find authentic Nigerian food, but Las Vegas has come up trumps by recently embracing our nation’s fare across “Sin City”. When most people think about dining in Las Vegas, it usually conjures up images of enormous T-bone steaks, stacked burgers and crispy fried chicken. However, this city’s dining scene has rapidly become one of the main reasons to fly in. Soul of Afrika Soul of Afrika is situated on South Rainbow Boulevard, close to the Spring Valley neighborhood of Las Vegas. It’s been known ..read more

Deep fried dough is a common concept in many countries gastronomy and there are plenty examples of these tasty delicacies around the globe. In Europe, you can find in the italian cities of Napoli or Rome the zeppole, in Greece the loukoumades, in Germany the fasnascht and in France the beignet. Meanwhile in India exists the gulab jamun, made with powdered milk, while in Latin American countries, like Argentina or Venezuela, the buñuelo is also a common tea snack. Nigerian football icon Victor Moses, who recently traded the English Premier League for Fenerbahçe, moving to Istambul, might have ..read more

Taking a trip to Vegas has long been on my bucket list and before I head on vacation, I like to check out the history of my destination. Las Vegas has a rich and winding history. Once inhabited mostly by railroad workers and ranchers, the city had a reputation for fast living, and with this lifestyle, drinking and card games. This reputation saw an enormous rise in speakeasies and illegal casinos. After a while casinos became legal once again and with enormous building and regeneration projects taking place across the city, business boomed. New casinos and cabarets seemed to be popping up eve ..read more

I could describe Enyinna Nwigwe as a luxurious slice of chocolate cake, but it would be an understatement. I could describe him as a delicious bowl of seafood okra but the beauty that is Enyinna pass Okra. Enyinna’s face in Nollywood is nothing new, He has acted in different Nollywood movies, but I only noticed him in the movie “The wedding party” where he played Nonso Onwuka the brother to Dozie Onwuka played by Banky W. Enyinna the beautiful is also an avid foodie, one who isn’t ashamed to cook or ask for seafood okra :p And as he also cooks, he surely deserves some accolades. see wetin f ..read more

My third day in Florida saw me at the beach. It was beach time people! I went with no beach ready bathing suits but I was going to be at that beach come what may. Visiting South beach on Ocean drive was different from visiting Bahamas fish market which was at an area that reminded me a lot of Lagos :). Ocean drive compared to the other side of town was like night and day. In a city where hardly anyone speaks English, my friend and I felt like we had won the lottery when our Lyft driver picked us up to go to the beach and he could speak English! “You speak English?” I asked. “yes” he responded ..read more

I have never been to the Bahamas, so when I was told that the Bahamas fish market was a great place to get seafood in Florida, I slept counting sheep because I couldn’t wait. After watching an episode of “Parts unknown” with the late Anthony Bourdain eating fried fish in the Bahamas, I knew my experience was going to be kind of close. Besides that, I had always wanted to go to Miami because apart from it being kind of a one stop hub for Cuban food, I wanted to simply experience the beauty of the ocean and eat fried seafood; yes! fried seafood. Getting to Bahamas fish market, I didn’t know wh ..read more

  If there’s one dish I appreciate my mother teaching me to make it’s one of my favorite warm salads; Ugba salad. Ugba also known as Ukpaka by some Igbo dialects is simply Igbo for African oil bean. Growing up in Nigeria, my mother had a restaurant where she made Isi ewu and sold drinks. She had a lot of customers and her business grew to be famous until she had to go to catering school. Through this Isi ewu dish, I learnt about ugba and how to make it. I also learnt how to make Nkwobi, which is a dish that can be made with both ugba and chopped cow foot. Another thing in my childhood I ..read more

It has been a crazy year but I’m grateful for the little victories. You know how little drops make an ocean? My little victories, I believe will make a big one soon. Sometimes, I place the bar so high that when I cannot reach the goal, I begin to feel bad. Slowly, I’m learning to celebrate and appreciate the little victories. Christmas is here and it happens to be one of my favorite holidays. Do I believe Jesus was born on Dec 25th? No but I know some special people who were and I just enjoy the beauty of being able to eat fried rice and peppered meat   There is a joke amongst Nigerians ..read more

I remember being a little girl and sitting in a corner with an almost empty can; munching on salty morsels of corned beef and hearing my mom in the background telling me to be careful and use a spoon. As a child I had a joyful experience with corned beef. I say joyful because I really don’t have words to describe my childhood experience with food generally. I think my joyful experience stems from my mother being adventurous with food. She made corned beef sandwiches, she added it as a protein to salads and used it as a substitute for Nigerian meat pies and sausage rolls. My first adult experi ..read more

When I first heard of Juka’s Organic, I wasn’t sure what it was. I was like “which one is Juka again?” Notwithstanding, I gave them the audience and I have to tell you it was one of the most pleasant audience I had ever granted. Juka’s Organic is a company that sells African products and one of my favorite things, the African organic Palm oil. Receiving the palm oil in the mail, the box smelled like sweet plantain chips. On opening it, it was a box of palm oil, coconut oil and palm oil sauce. Although the oils smelled so sweet on opening them, I didn’t rush to taste them as I wanted to take m ..read more