The people of Senegal are famous for their generosity. The Wolof word (Wolof is the language most widely spoken in Senegal) is “teranga,” meaning “hospitality,” and teranga is most often expressed by ...

The story on African fare in today’s Daily News profiles Pierre Thiam, the Senegalese-born chef of Le Grand Dakar in Clinton Hill. When he’s not working at the restaurant, he teaches culinary students ...

Tiebu djeun, a sort of West African paella revered as the national dish of Senegal Credit: Danielle A. Scruggs There are a lot of secrets in the kitchen at Gorée Cuisine, a new Senegalese restaurant ...

DAKAR (AlertNet) - Could a blend of black-eyed pea (cowpea), millet, maize, dried fruits of the baobab tree and groundnut paste be the solution to child malnutrition in Senegal? Aissatou Diagne Deme ...

It’s 11:30 on a Friday morning, and Serigne Mbaye lets out a yawn. “Yes, this is a lot of hours and a lot of work, but it’s what we live for,” says the 28-year-old chef. After years running Dakar NOLA ...

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.

Senegal has improved detection of residues and contaminants in food products thanks to international help. The four-year project strengthening laboratory capabilities for analyzing veterinary drug ...

With a flash of blade, Ndeye scrapes the scales from a silver-blue tilapia. She slits open the jaw and removes the guts. After a good rinse and a douse of salt, she eases the fish into a pool of hot ...

(Adds reaction of U.N. secretary-general, paragraphs 9-11) By Diadie Ba DAKAR, May 5 (Reuters) - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation is an inefficient money-gobbler and should be replaced by ...

Senegal’s authorities can now more quickly, independently and cost-effectively detect residues and contaminants in food products, benefiting the population’s health and the country’s food export ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land in Senegal — about twice the size of Paris — into an ...