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Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds by Aribisala, Yemisi [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCassava Republic Press

ISBN-10191111526X

ISBN-139781911115267

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038537411

Product Key Features

Book TitleLongthroat Memoirs : Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds

Number of Pages357 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicAfrica / West, Regional & Ethnic / African, Culinary, Customs & Traditions, Essays & Narratives

IllustratorYes

GenreCooking, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorYemisi Aribisala

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal641.59669

Table Of ContentIntroduction A Bowl of Aloof Nigerian Soup How to Make Meat The Purist's Pot of Soup My Mother, I Will Not Eat Rice Today Bones of Choice Eating Dog Akara and Honey Kings of Umami Letter from Candahar Road Okro Soup, Gorgeous Mucilage Long Throat Memoirs The Snail Tree Fainting at the Sight of an Egg Sweet Stolen Waters Forgotten Seasoning Secrets A Beautiful Girl Named Ogbono Henshaw Town Beach Market Ekoki Like Gold To Cook or Not to Cook Okro Soup and the Demonic Encyclopaedia of Dreams Oseani Mellowing, Bursting, Deepening, Merging Institution of Stew Lost in Translation Afang Soup and Hairy Legs Between Eba and Gari Ila Cocoa Nsala with Chicken Fermentation and Fornication Rice in Many Guises Fish Soups and Love Potions Dead Man's Helmet Peppered Snails Ram Testicle Suya Ewa Oloyin Bush Cuisine Between a Trophy and a Wife The Secret Ingredient of My Secret Ingredient Soup Molara's Jollof Beans The Marketplace Safe as Stews A Pot from Efak Satan Bibliography Acknowledgements

SynopsisAn award-winning, sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian cuisine, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer., Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016. "A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food, which, as she points out, is something that has been 'misunderstood, atrociously photographed, not yet given its due.' Thanks to this book, this should now change."--Bee Wilson, food critic, author, and journalist "Aribisala summersaults through geography, economics, popular culture, art, history, (and yes, of course, sex) via cuisine. Her tales of Nigeria's many mouth-watering foods are globally spiced with riffs on everything from Yorkshire puddings and Eccles cakes, to the tartufi bianchi, and South Asian red curries. Aribisala writes with verve, sass, and with such humor and confidence that it takes one's breath away. If ever a book deserves to be a bestseller, this is it." --Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author of Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun A sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian cuisine, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer. As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of Nigerian food, Longthroat Memoirs is a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. From the cultural history of soup, to fish as aphrodisiac and the sensual allure of snails, Longthroat Memoirs explores the complexities, the meticulousness, and the tactile joy of Nigerian gastronomy. Yemisi Aribisala is a Nigerian essayist and writer. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa., Winner of the John Avery Award at the Andr Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016. "A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food, which, as she points out, is something that has been 'misunderstood, atrociously photographed, not yet given its due.' Thanks to this book, this should now change."--Bee Wilson, food critic, author, and journalist "Aribisala summersaults through geography, economics, popular culture, art, history, (and yes, of course, sex) via cuisine. Her tales of Nigeria's many mouth-watering foods are globally spiced with riffs on everything from Yorkshire puddings and Eccles cakes, to the tartufi bianchi, and South Asian red curries. Aribisala writes with verve, sass, and with such humor and confidence that it takes one's breath away. If ever a book deserves to be a bestseller, this is it." --Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author of Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun A sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian cuisine, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer. As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of Nigerian food, Longthroat Memoirs is a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. From the cultural history of soup, to fish as aphrodisiac and the sensual allure of snails, Longthroat Memoirs explores the complexities, the meticulousness, and the tactile joy of Nigerian gastronomy. Yemisi Aribisala is a Nigerian essayist and writer. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

LC Classification NumberTX725.N54