In this hour of Seasoned, you’ll get to know Brooklyn-based writer, recipe developer, and food stylist Yewande Komolafe. In her work for The New York Times and elsewhere, she’s a champion for West African cuisine. Producer Tagan Engel talks with Yewande about her first book, My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking at Home and in the Diaspora.

Then Tagan brings us a story from Reservoir Community Farm in Bridgeport — where Green Village Initiative is feeding its community and empowering the next generation of urban gardeners and farmers.

GUESTS:

• Yewande Komolafe: Author of My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking at Home and in the Diaspora. (@yewande_komolafe)
• Green Village Initiative: Special thanks to Ellie Angerame, Jessica Rosario, chef Raquel Rivera, Lucrecia Barraza, and teens DJ Waugh, Chris Hayes, Shemaya Joseph, and Zayne Murphy. More info about Harvest Fest (@greenvillageinitiative)

FEATURED RECIPES:
Sinasir
Swallows – Pounded Method
Ègúsí Soup

This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Catie Talarski, Meg Dalton, Tagan Engel, Stephanie Stender, Katrice Claudio, Meg Fitzgerald and Sabrina Herrera. Our interns are Lateshia Peters and Joey Morgan.

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