Videos
A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper, Pierre Thiam, TED
120 Seconds to Change the World: Pierre Thiam, GLP Films
Pierre: Senegal to Brooklyn, GLP Films
The Most Nutritious Grain You’ve Never Heard Of, National Geographic
In the Press
What You Should Know About Fonio, a West African Ancient Grain
Edible Brooklyn, January 2019
How SDG2 is Galvanizing Chefs to Support Biodiversity
Food Tech Connect, January 2019
From plant-based salumi to collagen, this is the best of the 2019 Fancy Food Show
San Francisco Chronicle, January 2019
Why Tender Greens is Putting Rediscovered Foods on the Menu
Food Tech Connect, January 2019
Top Senegalese chef backs ancient grain as next superfood
Reuters, January 2019
10 Chefs Bringing Forgotten Grains Back to Life
Food Tank, November 2018
Fonio: Senegal’s ‘Miracle Grain’
The Culture Trip, November 2018
Senegalese chef puts supergrain on New York menus to boost African farmers
Reuters, September 2018
Chefs on the Front Line of Climate Change
Slow Food, September 2018
Yolélé in Good Companies
Good Companies- Your guide to brands that do well by doing good.
Is This Little Known Ancient Grain the New Quinoa?
Today’s Dietitian, September 2018
Senegal Hopes it has the Next Quinoa
Quartz, September 2018
Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: Growing market demand for underutilised species
Spore, August 2018
Yolele Foods aims to put West African Ancient grain, fonio, on the map
Food Navigator USA, August 2018
Citrus Jerk Bass with Fonio
Chowhound, July 2018
What is Fonio?
MyRecipes.com/ExtraCrispy, June 2018
New York Chef Goes with the Senegalese Grain
Financial Times, April 2018
The Small Seed Changing West Africa
Food Tank, April 2018
This African Super Grain Could Solve Famine and Drought
Bloomberg, February 2018
A Chef’s Dream to Restore an Ancient West African Grain
The New York Times, February 2018
The Fonio Revival
Roads & Kingdoms, November 2017
Could This ‘Miracle’ Grain from Africa Become the Next Quinoa?
CNN Africa, October 2017
Senegalese ‘Miracle Grain’ Could See Sahel Prosper
Daily Mail, August 2017
Fonio, a West African Grain, Is the Star of a Brooklyn Talk
New York Times, March 2017
EAT, COOK, LOVE IN SENEGAL (RERUN)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, February 2017
African food takes the slow road to trendiness
Nation’s Restaurant News, August 2016
Pierre Thiam, an Ambassador for Senegalese Cuisine
The Epoch Times, July 2016
Fonio: the next quinoa in the US?
The World and All Its Voices, April 2016
Cooking for the New Year with Chef Pierre Thiam
Africa is a Country, January 2016
Pierre Thiam’s ‘Senegal’ Explores the Country’s Flavorful and Varied Cuisine
The Village Voice, November 2015
A BROOKLYN THANKSGIVING WITH THE FLAVORS OF SENEGAL
Saveur, November 2015
The Beginner’s Guide to Senegal by Pierre Thiam
Food52, October 2015
Chef Pierre Thiam: ‘Teranga is the word that symbolizes Senegal the best’
Splendid Table, August 2015
Move Over, Quinoa, a New Superfood Grain Is in Town
EcoWatch, November 2014
Africa’s ‘seed of life’ food set to storm US consumers
African Business, May 2014
The Most Nutritious Grain You Have (probably) Never Had
Robin Asbell, May 2014
Fonio: the grain that would defeat quinoa as king among foodies
The Guardian, February 2014
Pierre Thiam: Senegal’s Culinary Ambassador
Huffington Post, July 2012
Yolele! Recipes from the Heart of Senegal
Talks at Google, May 2009
