{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"160: Exploring Nigerian Culinary Histories through Recipes with Ozoz Sokoh","description":"In Nigeria, the word chop is used for food and feasting, and to say \u201ccome chop\u201d is an invitation into sharing and community. This is precisely how Ozoz Sokoh\u2019s debut cookbook, Chop Chop: Cooking the Food of Nigeria begins. It is warm, inviting, and open to all those who are interested in learning about Nigerian cuisine, and the role of home cooks in creating the most beloved classic Nigerian dishes.  Ozoz herself is a food explorer, educator, and traveler by plate. She is a professor of Food and Tourism Studies at Centennial College, and makes her home with her three teenage children in Mississauga, part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Her work documents and celebrates Nigerian and West African cuisine, and she is particularly fascinated by all the ways we\u2019re similar. Be it through dishes, drinks, material culture or more, Ozoz explores these across geographies, cultures, and histories, in spite of our apparent differences.  In today\u2019s conversation, we explore a wide range of the history and future of Nigerian cuisine, including the stories of how ingredients came to be in Nigerian dishes, the homegrown love of protein (and why it\u2019s not the relationship to protein you\u2019d expect in a Western lens), and how Ozoz approaches exploring the histories of recipes and cuisine across Nigeria. Resources: Ozoz's Website Kitchen Butterfly Blog Instagram: @kitchenbutterfly Feast Afrique Website  TikTok: @ozozsokoh   ","author_name":"AnthroDish","author_url":"https:\/\/anthrodish.com","html":"