Ope Amosu turned a hobby into a thriving restaurant. The London, England, native is a child of Nigerian immigrants who relocated to Houston, TX, and to him food is fellowship and also a gateway to ...

West African Chefs Take a Page From the Fast-Casual Playbook. ... “We’re creating a gateway to West African food,” said Olumide Shokunbi, the owner of Spice Kitchen in Brentwood, Md.

And we circulated those five Nigerian recipes a lot on our dinner table. But we often would mix a lot of southern comfort food with Nigerian food. And a light bulb went off when I visited New Orleans.