When Nestle and Unilever introduced Maggi and Knorr bouillon cubes to West Africa almost 70 years ago, they took over an informal umami market run mostly by women. Before bouillon, we used fermented beans and seeds like iru and ogili, to deepen the flavou

In Nigeria, street food means tasty portable snacks like kr and Suya, but it also means bowls of pepper soup and loaded plates of rice and stew served from the many bukas that crowd street corners. Street food culture is run by the city with the most s

The West African jollof wars are friendly internet banter about an umami-rich rice dish beloved across the region. When were not fighting about who makes it best, were reluctantly agreeing that the region owes the recipe to Senegal, the real winners of

Amos Shackleford initially arrived in Lagos from Jamaica to work on the railroads, but he would go on to make Nigerian food history. When Shackleford started his bakery from Ebute Metta in the 1920s, he would use his business savvy to feed a growing appet

Every bottle of Budweiser or Heineken is made to taste the exact same wherever youre drinking around the worldand that gets boring. Cue, Craft Beer & Craft Breweries smaller breweries that are popping up everywhere and making refreshing new twists to

During the #EndSARS movement, several small businesses paused their day-to-day operations to feed thousands of people for FREE. On this episode we reflect on the anniversary of the #EndSARS protests and how food and those vendors gave Nigeria the longest

On this episode, the uncooked women dig into one of their favourite things - restaurants that provide food they didnt have to cook! We head to the Syrian Club, a restaurant and social club thats been in Lagos since the 80s, to speak with Tamer about mi

Were back baby! Its a brand new season of connecting the food we didnt cook to just about everything. Join us as we eat our way through Nigerias rich gastronomy and connect the dots between food, history, politics and ourselves as eaters. Stay tuned an

The uncooked women take a hiatus to marinate, ruminate and such, but we’ll be back in September baby!

On this episode it’s the body for us. Dieting is a billion dollar industry that is responsible for everything from pills to teas, to belts and corsets. In Nigeria it’s a growing industry and the rising pressure to be thin is caving in a history of fat acc