Cooking Videos

In this episode, Christopher Kimball travels to Senegal to learn North African cooking techniques with Senegalese chef, restaurateur and author Pierre Thiam. Back at the kitchen, Milk Street Cook Lynn Clark show us how to make Black-Eyed Pea and Sweet Potato Stew (Ndambe), and later Milk Street Cook Catherine Smart teaches us how to make a Senegalese dessert, Mango and Coconut Rice Pudding.

In this episode, Guillermo visits Chef Pierre Thiam at his fast casual restaurant, Teranga, where he serves Senegalese-inspired grain bowls— AKA, the ultimate power lunch. Chef Thiam's goal is to educate health-conscious American consumers on these superfoods, while also improving the lives of producers by restoring biodiversity to the planet through highly sustainable ancient crops. Together they make a Yassa Bowl using West African red rice, one of the super grains highest in nutritional value today.

This short-film is sure to whet your inner foodie appetite with Chef Pierre Thiam's unique take on Senegalese cuisine and his road to becoming a world class chef.