Senegalese-born chef, Pierre Thiam is slowly trying to change the way you think about African food. His restaurant Le Grand Dakar serves a vibrant fusion of African food influenced by cuisine from ...

The chef Pierre Thiam’s online market now sells these organic fair trade cotton towels printed with the names of African countries. By Florence Fabricant Yolélé, the chef Pierre Thiam’s online African ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, global craft beer innovator Brooklyn Brewery announces the launch of Fonio Rising a distinctive and delicious craft beer made with the climate-resistant, ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, global craft beer innovator Brooklyn Brewery announces the launch of Brooklyn Brewery x Yolélé Fonio White Beer, a distinctive and delicious craft beer brewed ...

Pierre Thiam is a Senegalese chef, entrepreneur, author, and social activist best known for introducing West African cuisine to global fine dining. Executive chef of the award-winning restaurant Nok ...

When co-founders Philip Teverow and Pierre Thiam first launched Yolélé Foods and its flagship product fonio, a West African ancient grain, the lack of consumer awareness was the brand's biggest ...

Mali Shi SA et Yolélé, deux sociétés basées entre le Mali et les États-Unis, ont bénéficié d’une subvention de 1,9 million de dollars de l’Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID) ...

Recently, when I asked chef Pierre Thiam why West African cuisine was suddenly being touted as a new food trend, he laughed and said, “It’s been around for a few thousand years.” Then he thought for a ...

Traveling chef, Pierre Thiam, who is executive chef at Nok by Alara in Lagos, Nigeria; and owns Pierre Thiam Catering in New York, will be in New Orleans for a series of events from March 24 to 27.

Anyone who’s grown up on black-eyed peas and okra knows the contributions Africans have made to the American diet. What’s less understood is how deeply those connections extend throughout the world.