Did you know Kwanzaa was founded by a UCLA alum? Maulana Karenga introduced the holiday during the frenetic days of the 1960s civil rights movement. He saw Kwanzaa as a way to celebrate black culture ...

Yassa chicken is originally from Casamance in Senegal. Traditionally it is a dish of sauteed chicken with onions and lemons. Credit: Aline Princet / Murdoch Books Rinse the chicken and pat dry, then ...

For Dr. Jessica B. Harris, the allure of chicken yassa comes down to its simplicity. "It's my good-luck dish, in a way," the James Beard Award-winning food historian told TODAY Food. "Lemons are ...

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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 ...

Earlier this year my wife and I visited Paris and we dined at a number of restaurants, including one near the famed Père Lachaise cemetery. It was called Bistrot Père and they served classic French ...

This variation on the classic yassa theme, which author Jessica B. Harris has experimented with over the years, uses carrots and pimento-stuffed olives to form a rich chicken stew. Serve with white ...

Yassa is a term for spicy marinated chicken from Senegal. If you want it even hotter, don't seed the chilies. In Senegal they would serve this with rice and a bean called niebe or cow peas, which have ...