Fonio, a tiny ancient grain that hails from West Africa, is becoming increasingly popular for its health benefits and ...

Tossing cooked fonio with veggies like cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers makes for a delicious salad. You can dress it ...

Pierre Thiam has been evangelizing the merits of fonio for years. The ancient grain has more than 5,000 years of history in West Africa, and the Senegalese chef and cookbook author knows all about ...

But fonio is not without its challenges. Senegalese agricultural engineer Sanoussi Diakité says production has declined because the grain is difficult to process. Laborious pounding is required ...

Some ingredients are only found in speciality stores or online, such as fonio grain (could this be the next trendy grain in a few years?). In addition, Thiam shares his version of joloff rice ...

McConnaughey / Photo Researchers, Inc.; AJ / IRRI / Corbis; Pallava Bagla / Corbis; Scimat / Photo Researchers, Inc. Fonio (Digitaria exilis) A type of millet prized in West Africa—the Dogon ...

All Yolélé products begin with fonio, an ancient grain that bears similarities to quinoa, while the entire product line includes fonio, fonio chips and African spice mixes. “We’re in ...