Make Nafy Flatley’s Vegan Mafè from the La Cocina Cookbook
A recipe for peanut stew and an Q&A with a chef who has journeyed from Senegal to Silicon Valley before finding her place as an entrepreneur
Before Nafy Flatley opened Teranga, a beverage company in San Francisco, California, she worked in Silicon Valley as a marketing and trade-show director for tech companies. That lifestyle didn’t work once she had her son, though, and that’s when she went to La Cocina, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurial training and a kitchen incubator to women of color and immigrant women seeking to open a food business. Through their programming, Flatley has found the work-life balance she couldn’t achieve while working in the tech sector.
The nonprofit recently put out a cookbook, We Are La Cocina: Recipes in Pursuit of the American Dream, and Flately included her vegan mafè, a dish she would often eat in her home of Senegal. Here, I asked Flatley some questions about her business and the mafè.
Tenderly: Why did you want to open a food business, and how has La Cocina supported that vision?
Nafy Flatley: Because my son was born prematurely and needed my love, presence and support I…
