RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (THE HAND-DUSTING TRICK)

There's this story I heard back when I was a kid, I don't know how true it is. It's about a young girl who

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (THE STORY OF A BUTCHER)

One time I went to a market in Lagos to buy live chicken. A young boy (obviously a hustler) approached me that he could help me slaughter and butcher my chicken for N200, I obliged. Then the guy

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (POT OF BEANS)

Ever heard the saying "Life is a pot of beans"? Well, let me explain.

It takes an average of 45 minutes to cook a small pot of beans poridge (3-4 servings), and that depends on the type of beans and whether the beans is good, other wise it can take as much as 90minutes. Let's even assume it's the popular honeybeans (Olooyin) which cooks fast and has a sweet taste hence its name. Olooyin takes an average of 45 minutes to cook on a high temperature.

Some tips when you're cooking beans:

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (THE OVER-SALTED/BURNT JOLLOF RICE SOLUTION)

Jollof rice is loved by many Nigerians. I know Nigerians who eat jollof rice practically everyday. I know people who crash owambes just to eat jollof rice. I know men who have cheated on their wives just because

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (CALABAR CUISINES)

Calabar is a city in the southern part of Nigeria.

I happen to know a lot about Calabar cuisines as I have a lineage in that part of the country. I grew up being my mother's sous chef, naturally. It is said and proven in Africa that Calabar cuisines are the best. Is it our traditional soups (Afang, Edika-ikong, afia efere,etc.) or our pottage (ekpang nkuwko) or our unripe plantain porridge? I can't list all our traditional cuisines here but I can tell you this,

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (JOLLOF RICE ON ORDER)

Rita invited 5 of her childhood friends, Halimat, Alero, J-boy, Bisi and Amaka over to dinner at hers. They had been communicating via BBM for a while now and every time she put up a picture of her cooking jollof rice or the jollof rice itself they always told her how they'd love to taste her jollof rice because it looked like she must really know how to cook jollof rice. All five of them were based in Lagos but Rita was based in calabar. Fortunately she got

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (MAMA'S SOUS CHEF)

A sous chef is the second in command in a kitchen. In French, the term literally means “under chef,” and this individual is an important part of the restaurant he or she works in, ensuring that everything runs smoothly whether or not the head chef is present - thewisegeek.org

I'm going to take us down memory lane.

Remember one time you

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (THAT SPECIAL MEAL)

Above is a photo of a classic Southern Nigerian dish, Afang soup, which happens to be one of my mother's signature dishes, which also happens to be my signature dish. Buzz me in the comment section for recipes ;)

An average African, Nigerian especially, can relate to the scenarios I'm about to paint.

Remember that time you

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COVERED - ISRAEL & NEW BREED.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (ACQUIRED TASTE)

I decided to take down an earlier post; WHY LESS/UNTALENTED ARTISTES SUCCEED MORE THAN THE TALENTED ONES (1); and rewrite it as the second post in my RECIPE FOR SUCCESS series.

Ever heard of acquired taste in food? well let me brief you.

One time Bez (The musician) had a gig at Alliance Francaise in Ikoyi (I think) and I

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (THE PERFECT GOLDEN-BROWN DODO)

To fry the perfect golden-brown dodo:

1. The dodo must be perfectly ripe. If you like those cheap overripe ones, good for you but I'm going to focus on the type of dodo you serve in Banana island, perfectly ripe fat dodo :)
2. The oil must not be