"authentic" is a fictional point on a curve

food, fraud, fantasies, and the kitchens we inherit.

May 7 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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April 2026

Sweet Chamomile in the Hour of War

I've been working on something hush-hush

Apr 3 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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December 2025

when it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, yet is absolutely not a duck

In her universal heartbreak anthem, “White Flag”, Dido takes us somewhere we’ve all been, but never wanted to go.

Dec 10, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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November 2025

How do we get AI to work for us?

AI is now a tutor, therapist, and coach. Here's my case for what AI should and should not be.

Nov 17, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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take me back where the sun shines

I threw a phone-free, analog event in SF

Nov 10, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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March 2025

dash after your daffodils

when the camera pans and you grasp the aftermath..

Mar 18, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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February 2025

dancing the lagos limbo

I gulped the moment we landed in Lagos.

Feb 20, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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January 2025

shuck the shell, follow the funk

Some foods are born half-cooked begging to be eaten, but others require delusional levels of faith.Look inside your fridge—how did we discover these…

Jan 15, 2025 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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December 2024

what does a book tasting smell like?

Does it reek of rivers of nerves, the cold shivers from my sweaty palm leaking into the microphone? Or...

Dec 12, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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November 2024

buttahbasted blooms from the screen to Real Life™

Come join me :) I'm throwing an event this Saturday!

Nov 21, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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September 2024

I'm running out of hops to give

Watch now | lyrical vignettes: volume one. House arrest has taught me something I never needed to know…

Sep 11, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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What I'm Hiding from the IRS

Come closer, I'll tell you a little secret.

Sep 1, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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