For years, the chef Pierre Thiam has been planning to open a restaurant and call it Teranga. Translated from Wolof, a language spoken in Senegal, teranga means hospitality — though as Mr. Thiam explained it, the meaning is more significant, and more complex, than any English translation will allow. “It’s such an important word in our culture, and it’s high up in our values,” said Mr. Thiam, who was born and raised in Senegal until he moved to the United States as a student in the late 1980s. “Teranga is about the way we treat our guests. It’s about the way that when you come into a Senegalese household, everyone moves so that you can fit in the circle and share their food and drink.”

Source: New York Times August 27, 2018 14:58 UTC