Chef Serigne Mbaye’s Shrimp and Fonio “Grits”

A thoughtful take on a classic dish

In the two years since chef Serigne Mbaye and business partner Effie Richardson opened their restaurant, Dakar has brought home the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant while striking a resonating note and inspiring other chefs and culinarians of African descent to adopt similar formats. Dakar lays bare the culinary contributions that enslaved West […]

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