Today’s guest is Yewande Komolafe a chef, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Brooklyn. Yewande grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has worked in kitchens across the country, including Momofuku Milk Bar in Manhattan. She’s developed and tested hundreds of recipes for the James Beard Foundation, Bon Appétit, Saveur...

Yewande Komolafe is a food stylist and recipe developer raised in Lagos, Nigeria. After moving to the United States for college, Yewande started cooking as a way to stay connected to her African heritage and eventually enrolled in culinary school. After the election, she created the dinner series My Immigrant...

Born and raised in Dakar, Pierre Thiam is the executive chef of Nok by Alara in Lagos and the owner of Pierre Thiam catering in New York. He is a also a James Beard award-nominated cookbook author, an ambassador for the culinary traditions of Africa and an advocate for responsible...