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In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of books for anyone who’d rather skip the bill at overpriced restaurants. If the thought of those inflated prices leaves you calculating with regret, here’s a better indulgence: books.
Aug 10, 2025
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Of course, no one says no to a fun night out at a restaurant with great food and drinks. But sometimes, you start questioning whether it is worth spending a chunk of your salary on a plate of pasta you could easily make at home.
In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of books for anyone who’d rather skip the bill at overpriced restaurants. If the thought of those inflated prices leaves you calculating with regret, here’s a better indulgence: books. And not just any books—stories filled with irresistible recipes, rich cultural history and a healthy serving of family drama.
Read our recommendations below:
Longthroat Memoirs presents a sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian food. This book also offers a mouth-watering appraisal of the cultural politics and erotics of Nigerian cuisine. It is also a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. From innovations in soup, fish as aphrodisiac and the powerful seductions of the yam, Longthroat Memoirs examines the complexities, peculiarities, meticulousness and tactility of Nigerian food. This book utilizes Nigeria’s strong culture of oral storytelling to express one’s love language of appetite and nourishment.
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