Pierre Thiam: Farming, Colonialism, and Cuisine I The New School

Excerpt from Between Senegal and New York City: A Conversation with Chef Pierre Thiam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ199riAB1s) sponsored by the Food Studies Program (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag... ) and the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program in the College of Performing Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/jazz) at The New School. Chef Pierre Thiam explains to the audience how traditional agricultural in Africa was altered by French colonial trade with Vietnam. Indigenous grains were replaced by sub-standard imported rice, but through decades of Africans embracing all foods and spices, "broken rice" later became the national dish of Senegal. Location: Starr Foundation Hall, University Center Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm THE NEW SCHOOL http://www.newschool.edu/