Mango Shortcakes With Food Writer Yewande Komolafe

Today’s guest is Yewande Komolafe—recipe developer, New York Times columnist, and author of My Everyday Lagos, a James Beard-nominated cookbook. In this episode, Yewande tells host Jessie Sheehan about her remarkable journey from growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, to building a life and establishing a career in food in the U.S.

Yewande shares how her mother, who was a food scientist, inspired her love for flavor and about her transition from working in restaurants to food media. She also dishes on her love for mangos and walks Jessie through her Mango Shortcakes With Lime-Coconut Cream recipe from the Times.

Get Yewande's Mango Shortcake with Lime-Coconut Cream recipe on NYT Cooking!

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