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Le Cordon Bleu trained Gbubemi Fregene is one of the premium and most recognized Chefs in Nigeria. Chef Fregz’s fascination with food began early in life and by the time he was 10,...

Grains are small dry hard seeds, which are harvested and consumed by both humans and animals alike. In their dried form, these grains, foods like you wheat, rice, oats, corn millet, barley, bulgur,...

DOES CULINARY SCHOOL MAKE A CHEF? In our corner of the world, those in the food business are not as celebrated or given as much decoration as their foreign counterparts in other parts...

EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT: 5 EASY WAYS TO MAKE YOUR DIET MORE WHOLEGRAINY So you’ve heard of all (or some) of the awesome ways whole grains can make your life better....

THE TRUTH ABOUT SUPERFOODS The term ‘superfoods’ is one that has popped up more and more recently in relation to content pertaining to certain foods which have been some reason, deemed better than...

So, yes you like your okra and you can cook it both ways – plain or ‘jollofed’, aka alasepo style. When you want to take it up a notch, you add some flavors...

Many grow up knowing one style of okra and sticking with it. The okra is not one particularly exciting looking vegetable, what with its slime and the prickly body, however there’s more to...

Our bodies communicate with us in different ways. It could be as simple as a yawn to say you are tired, or a rumble in your belly when you’re hungry. You hear how...

What better time to be more deliberate about foods with hidden potencies than during this season of the year – valentines. One thing that seems to be trending among womenfolk these days is...

There are so many cultural myths we grew up with surrounding physical and mental development of a child that over time, the lines separating fact from fiction becomes blurry.  Every day, researchers keep...

Grains are small dry hard seeds, which are harvested and consumed by both humans and animals alike. In their dried form, these grains, foods like you wheat, rice, oats, corn millet, barley, bulgur,...

Food and mineral supplements, vitamins…they all blur into each other, the doctor says you need them, prescribes them, and you use them. Someone returns from a trip outside the country, brings you a...

  Suya is definitely one of Nigerian street food combos that says night life like nothing else. It is a thinly sliced skewered meat, spiced with a mix of spices like  ginger, groundnuts...

Many African children were sold one lie or the other when they were young to prevent them from doing certain things adults did not want them to do. In school hostels, by adults,...

The issue of whether GMOs are harmful, and whether the organic foods route is the safer route is one issue that has not been completely solved. There seems to be an ongoing debate...

Emmanuella Oziofu, a pupil of Fortune Schools in Benin, Edo State has developed a food website set to launch this February. The website which is simply named ‘Food Website’ was created to urge...

The Chef dish food fest is a bi-annual outdoor lifestyle event which provides the perfect Sunday afternoon family outing. It usual features cooking demos, and lots of food, music , drinks and a...

The technical committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme has corfirmed its partnership with the University of Agriculture, Umudike and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to produce seed yams for export. Last...

Nominations for winners of the 2018 Africa Food Prize have begun. The Africa Food Prize is a prestigious awards which recognizes and awards outstanding individuals or institutions that are leading the effort to...

Obesity in children is becoming increasingly rampant globally. Food brands keep coming up with new and exciting products that bedazzle us and are easy to get hooked on. Optimal intake of foods with...

The saying bad things come in attractive packages has never been truer than in the case of junk food. In traffic, the roadside hawkers are sprinting after vehicles to dispose of their wares....

Somewhere in the world right now, some endangered animal is being caught and traded to enrich some individual’s purse, with no thought given to the rapid declining population. Some species of tigers, leopards,...

Gluten-free diets, as the name implies, are diets completely devoid of gluten. Gluten is the mixture of proteins found in baked goods, cereals, noodles, pasta, and all other foods which contain wheat and related grains, including barley, malt,...