Jollof rice, a mixture of rice, onions and tomatoes at its very basic, is almost everyone’s favourite rice dish. Ceremonies, social occasions, Sunday lunch, or just because one fancies some – there is always a reason to eat some jollof. The word is so synonymous with celebrations that it has entered popular parlance: ‘jollofing’ means…
#JollofGate: How Jamie Could Have Done It
I read with amusement and some bemusement Jamie Oliver’s take on that West African perennial, Jollof Rice. My amusement stemmed from the many indignant comments on his website, Facebook and Twitter, mainly from my fellow Nigerians. His recipe and the photograph of the finished dish heightened my bemusement, but more on that later. The loudest…