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 ...

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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 ...

My idea of a perfect Saturday night is sitting on a sidewalk with a bucket of cheap takeout, growling at anyone who comes too close to my food supply. No utensils, and certainly no remorse.

Andy Baraghani is basically starting from scratch with it comes to Senegalese food -- it's not a cuisine he is very familiar with. Join Andy on yet another culinary exploration as he learns how to ...

After reading Isaac Stein’s recent review of Yassa, the Senegalese restaurant in Bronzeville (“South Side Senegalese Satisfies Stomach” [3/3/15]), I am left wondering if Stein or his editors bothered ...

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Some of the better egg rolls this purebred Asian sampled happened at, of all places, a Senegalese restaurant in Bronzeville called Yassa. What’s more beguiling is that when I dipped those thin, lacy ...

A woman from the neighborhood walks past the empty tables and up to the counter at Yassa, Chicago’s only Senegalese restaurant. Raising her voice against the laughing and shouting of the cooks in the ...