Native American Cookbooks

American Indian Cooking; Recipes from the Southwest

American Indian Cooking boasts detailed illustrations of dozens of edible wild plants and essential information on their history, use, and importance.

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Arizona Cook Book

by Al Fischer, Mildred Fischer
Inexpensive book contains many traditional Midwest dishes. Easy to follow directions.

Art of American Indian Cooking

This book will be published in July 2000. You may order it now and Amazon.com will ship it to you when it arrives.

Artistic Tastes : Favorite Recipes of Native American Artists

Compiled by Barbara Harjo, Julie Pearson Little Thunder

Breads of the Southwest: Recipes in the Name American, Spanish, and Mexican Traditions

Nearly one hundred recipes for Native American, Spanish, and Mexican breads, both traditional and contemporary.

Brother Crow, Sister Corn : Traditional American Indian Gardening

"Buchanan seeks to shed light on the American Indians' style of gardening and how gardening connected them with the earth. She describes what they grew--corn, beans, and squash were the basic foods--and their methods for harvesting and storing the crops. Buchanan's is more than a gardening book; it offers a fascinating look at American Indian cultures and their spiritual relationship with the earth." Booklist Review

Earth Medicine-Earth Food : Plant Remedies, Drugs, and Natural Foods of the North American Indians

"A fantastic collection of traditional herbs, foods, and plants, some of which have been nearly forgotten, but all of which, strangely enough, served us for centuries as the best health remedies available." Vine Deloria, Jr.

Enduring Harvests

A tireless researcher, food historian, and ethnologist, Kavasch brings warm reminiscences and real expertise on mushrooms, plants, wild edibles, and wildflowers, all of which enhance the recipes. Useful as a reference book on festivals, rites, and herbs and as an inspiring and useful cookbook. Iva Freeman Copyright© 1995, American Library Association

Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

Nancy Turner explains how aboriginal peoples harvested, prepared and preserved the roots, leaves, fruits and other parts of wild plants. She also describes some non-native food plants used by interior peoples and several species they considered poisonous or inedible. Color pictures enhance descriptions and make identification easier.

Hopi Cookery

"More than 100 recipes of traditional Hopi dishes have been compiled into fascinating culinary reading by Mrs. Kavena, who married into Hopi and has lived and taught there for 30 years. . . . "--Arizona Highways

It Will Live Forever : Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation

This is a California Native woman's story of acorn preparation through the seasons. Photographs make clear the intricate technology developed in the harvest. Recollections of traditional native family life, and the cultural meanings of activities provide a fascinating way to understand native american life.

Native Indian Wild Game, Fish and Wild Foods Cookbook

by Lovesick Lake Native Women Association, David Hunt (Editor)

Presents the culinary heritage of Native Peoples in a collection of simple-to-prepare recipes that include such dishes as Braised Venison and Vegetables, Oyster and Snapper Stew, and Black Walnut Souffle

New Native American Cooking

Dale Carson, an Abenaki Indian, captures the growing interest in native cuisine, bringing her heritage to your table with a collection of delicious recipes, each accompanied by notes on its historical background and traditional preparation, as well as ingredient substitution and menu planning tips.

Original New Native Mexican Cooking

Red and green chiles share the spotlight with delectible sweets in easy-to-follow recipes. The reader will find many useful hints and interesting variations of familiar dishes, all happily perfected by generations of the Ortiz family.

Southwestern Indian Recipe Book: Apache, Pima, Papago, and Navajo

Over 31 recipes. Includes techniques for preparing beans and vegetables and for roasting and drying a variety of chiles.

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