Longthroat Memoirs

From Yemisi Aribisala, winner of the John Avery Award and the 2026 Fortnum & Mason Food Writer of the Year, comes a remarkable memoir that explores Nigerian cuisine through the lens of memory, identity and desire. Blending lyrical essays with cultural insight, Aribisala reveals how food carries history, shapes relationships and tells the story of a nation.

Moving beyond recipes, she writes about pepper soup, pounded yam and everyday meals as gateways to Nigerian life, examining family, colonialism, longing and the pleasures of the table with wit, warmth and originality. Richly evocative and deeply personal, these essays celebrate the complexity and cultural significance of Nigerian food.

Widely regarded as a modern classic of food writing, Longthroat Memoirs is essential reading for anyone interested in food, memoir and Nigerian culture, offering a fresh perspective on the ways food shapes who we are.