Longthroat memoirs
Subtitle: soups, sex and Nigerian taste buds
By: by Yemisi Aribisala
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Cassava Republic Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781911115267
Subjects: Food; Nigerian Cooking; Anecdotes
Description: Longthroat Memoirs presents a sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian food, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer. As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of the cultural politics and erotics of Nigerian cuisine, it is also a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. From innovations in soup, fish as aphrodisiac and the powerful seductions of the yam, Longthroat Memoirs examines the complexities, the peculiarities, the meticulousness, and the tactility of Nigerian food. Nigeria has a strong culture of oral storytelling, of myth creation, of imaginative traversing of worlds. Longthroat Memoirs collates some of those stories into an irresistible soup-pot, expressed in the flawless love language of appetite and nourishment. A sensuous testament on why, when and how Nigerians eat the food they love to eat; this book is a welcome addition to the global dining table of ideas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 340).