[Video- Reportage CNN] Le Grand Chef Pierre Thiam La cuisine sénégalaise servie au coeur de Manhattan New York

Pierre Thiam was born in Dakar, Senegal. He was blessed by being raised both in this most cosmopolitan of African cities and in the rustic region of Senegal’s southernmost coastal province, Casamance. In Dakar, the family meals included elegant Senegalese food as well as French, Vietnamese and Moroccan cuisine. In Casamance, where he summered and traveled for family gatherings, he was treated to age-old indigenous flavors and preparations later influenced by Portuguese colonists.