Chef Tolu Eros Infuses Flavors of Home in His West African Desserts at Ilé in L.A.

Growing up in Nigeria, the dining table was the most popular place in Ilé’s Chef Tolu Eros’ childhood home. When the now L.A.-based chef went to England for university, he so missed home-cooked meals that he called his mother to get recipes for honey beans salad and iru red stew. “My grandmother always said, ‘If you do not cook with love, do not cook at all.’ So I cooked all the dishes...