Videos
A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper, Pierre Thiam, TED
Food Philosophies, Soho House
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
¿Y si el secreto para alimentar al mundo ya crecía en África hace cinco mil años? (What if the secret to feed the world has been growing in Africa for five thousand years?, Condé Nast Traveler (Spain), August, 2019
Fonio Nutrition Facts, VeryWell Fit, August 2019
The 12 Best Fast-Casual Lunches in New York Are Gems of World Cuisine, Bloomberg, August 2019
West African Staples get the Star Treatment at Teranga The New Yorker, April 2019
16 foods that are good for you- and the planet World Economic Forum, April 2019
Chef Pierre Thiam Gives NYC a Taste of Senegalese Hospitality at Teranga Observer, March 2019
For a Healthier Planet, Eat these 50 Foods, Campaign Urges NPR, March 2019
Reclaiming the Grain Bowl Eater, March 2019
Healthy, low impact and tasty, Unilever and WWF name 50 foods we should be eating more Food Navigator, February 2019
Teranga From Chef Pierre Thiam Opens in NYC Michelin Guide, February 2019
West African Fine Dining Chef Returns to NYC with a Hip Harlem Restaurant Eater, February 2019
Why Yolélé Foods is Bringing the Ancient West African Grain Fonio to the U.S. Food + Tech Connect, February 2019
In Conversation: Chef Pierre Thiam is Using Traditional African Flavors to Push the Cuisine Forward Okay Africa, February 2019
Pierre Thiam’s Teranga Creates a Path from Western Africa to Harlem Food & Wine, January 2019
One of West Africa’s Most Accomplished Chefs Opens an NYC Restaurant Soon Eater, January 2019
Teranga Takes a Fast-Casual Approach to Pan-African Cuisine Grub Street, January 2019
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
