Oke’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Category: food

  • Egusi Soup

    What’s your favorite thing to cook? Spicy, warm soups are delightful for me. Food is culture. Food is life, and I can go on dropping poetic lines about food. As a traditional person, I am a foodie who appreciates good food! I love traditional Igbo dishes like egusi, ede, ogbono, uha, and onugbu. Growing up,…

  • Egusi Soup

    Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays? Spicy, warm soups are delightful for me. Food is culture. Food is life, and I can go on dropping poetic lines about food. As a traditional person, I am a foodie who appreciates good food! I love traditional Igbo dishes like egusi, ede,…

  • Spicy Noodles

    Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. So one day in the dorm, I visited a friend who also had two other visitors. He offered his last pair of noodle packs and I was nominated to cook! While everyone waited for the noodles to get ready we talked about school and I requested…