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Easy Recipes, Beautiful Photographs
This is a "must have" cookbook if you'd like to prepare authentic Native American food. The ingredients are easy to find in any well stocked grocery store, and the recipes are not difficult. No "weird" ethnic foods here- just good meals made with what's available. The historical background for the foods of different tribes is an interesting read. The photographs and drawings are absolutely beautiful- those alone are good reasons to purchase this book!

BEST American cookbook yet!
The photography is unbelievable and the recipes work! The book gives us a palatable way to enjoy the true native american way of cooking. I would highly reccomend this book to everyone that loves to experience theenjoyment of cooking new recepies and the even greater enjoyment of eatingwhat they have re-created. A great book for all ages and ethnic backrounds.Good food and lots of it!

A great marriage of Native American history and recipes.
The explanations of the ceremonies when certain dishes were prepared and eaten gave insights into how Native Americans lived and celebrated life. I was surprised how much history was involved in the dishes I grew up eatingand had assumed were of early American or European origin. History booksnever mention that our early indigenous people were gourmands. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American Regional Cookery    2. Cookery, Native American    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Food    6. Indian cookery    7. Indians of North America    8. Regional & Ethnic - American - General    9. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    10. Social life and customs    11. National & regional cuisine    12. North America    13. Social Science / Native American Studies   

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Good food
The recipes are quite good.I would like to weigh in, however, on the issue of the 'traditionality' of the various dishes included here.An earlier reviewer mentioned that the recipes 'are only traditional in a pan-American sense', but I would differ with that characterization.First, a good number of the recipes call for nothing more than what would have been available to the particular tribes in question in pre-Columbian times.Only some of the recipes include ingredients originally from Central & South America & elsewhere.But further, I wonder whether it is in fact wrong to call the dishes that *do* include ingredients from afar traditional.Using this criterion one would have to count out tomato-based sauces as part of Italian culinary tradition, for instance, or for that matter Italian noodles, the making of which was learned from China.Most if not all of the dishes probably represent traditional Indian cookery in one form or another, whether traditions pre-existing the arrival of Europeans or arising afterwards.But it is worthwhile noting that some of these dishes likely came into being later than others, as the earlier reviewer took pains to do.

so-so
A fun book, but the recipes are only traditional in a pan-american sense.In other words, before the arrival of Europeans, north american indians didn't have potatoes, apples, avocados, honey, etc.If you are interested in north american indian tradition/history, this book will probably disappoint.

A Delacacy for both the Mind and the Stomach
This cookbook is a wonderful source of knowledge in addition to recipes.The recipes are easy to follow and many are delicious.Even my children who are at times picky eaters enjoyed tasting and helping prepare the recipes.We used the book as a resource while doing a research paper on Iroquios food. We learned alot from reading the information and found it to be written very well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, American    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Indian cookery    5. Reference    6. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    7. Cooking / Native American   

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Awesome Chef, awesome book
I work for Chef Divina, and we make a lot of the dishes from this book in the restaurant.The Wild Rice and Corn Fritters are a huge hit. Also the Huckleberry Sorbet is to die for!He wrote this book with his wife, they also won a James Beard Award for this book as well.This chef is awesome to work with and someone I look up to and hope to be like.

Foods of the Americas:Native Recipes and Traditions
Some modern twists that make it user friendly in local supermarkets.Very Educational and great techniques used. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Food    4. Indian cookery    5. Indians of North America    6. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    7. National & regional cuisine    8. The Americas   

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Don't Be an Idiot...
I think that you would be very stupid to pass up this book based solely on the writer's political affiliation. If I did this, I wouldn't read HALF of the books that I read.

Still useful survey by noted herbalist
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Cooking    3. Ethnobotany    4. Food    5. Holism    6. Indians of North America    7. Life Sciences - Botany    8. Medicine    9. North America    10. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    11. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    12. Health & Fitness / Holism   

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Perfect.
Beautiful in every way. Outstanding and much appreciated photos. Wonderful commentary. Authentic recipes.
Indians Nations Foods is Outstanding
This book is practical and beautiful and takes a totally modern approach to historic cooking. One of the finest cookbooks ever published and one of the most beautifully printed books ever done.It is no wonder it got a James Beard award.It is a treasure to own and is a delgihtful gift. I live in the Southwest, I am a cook, and I love this book.

Fantastic!
From the beautiful cover to the very last page, the vibrant and enticing photographs lure you into cooking each and every delicious recipe.Lois Ellen Frank has made a current masterpiece of an ancient tradition native to our continent.This is truly a fantastic cookbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, American    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Food    5. General    6. Indian cookery    7. Indians of North America    8. Regional & Ethnic - American - Southwestern States    9. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    10. Southwest, New    11. Southwestern style    12. National & regional cuisine   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Crow Indians    4. Food    5. Herbal Medications    6. Indian cookery    7. Medicinal plants    8. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    9. Indigenous peoples    10. Traditional medicine & remedies    11. USA   

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A good resource about Native American foods
I purchased this book because my stepson harvested some acorns recently and I scoured my large cookbook collection, to no avail, for any information on how to process them or use them in cooking.This book contains information on that and so much more.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Regional & Ethnic - General    4. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    5. Specific Ingredients - Seafood    6. Cooking / Native American    7. National & regional cuisine    8. USA   

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Historical Jewel
I love this book for the history and recipe authenticity.To capture the true flavor, sometimes you need to start with an original recipe and modernize to one's tastes rather than work with some of the neo-soulfood recipes.
A cookbook worth having
It's not so much for the recipes that I am buying this cookbook. There are some fabulous recipes in here - the waterwhip pie crust, corn pancakes, glorified shrimp- but many of the preparations are not to modern taste or use ingredients that are dated (suet, lard, palm oil). No, the fascinating part of this little treasure is the history that binds it together. Not only is it snapshot of the 1950's, with its aspics and community suppers, and surprising reliance on convenience products of the time, but the African American history it preserves is precious in its own right. The pages on Robert Smalls alone are worth owning this book. The index needs work and the user guide recipe updates for modern use should have been included at the end of every recipe instead of burying them in a chapter at the back of the book, but after reading thru this once as a novel, I am ready to use it as an actual cookbook. But as a record of Black history thru the year, it is priceless.

Nostalgic, exotic, and a welcome resource
The Historical Cookbook Of The American Negro was originally published in 1958 as a community cookbook. A memorable compendium of recipes, facts, bios, documents, illustrations, documents, and anecdotes tracing the lost history of the African-American community and culture, Beacon Press has reissued this American culinary classic with all 132 mouth watering recipes which pay special tribute to African-American pioneers. From Emancipation Proclamation Breakfast Cake, Sliced Potato Pie, and A Nut Cake to Israel, to New England Suet Pudding, Brussel Sprouts with Paprika Sour Cream, and Yam Pork Chop Skillet, The Historical Cookbook Of The American Negro is nostalgic, exotic, and a welcome resource for any contemporary meal planner menu. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African American cookery    2. African Americans    3. American cooking    4. Cookery, American    5. Cooking    6. Cooking / Wine    7. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    8. History    9. Regional & Ethnic - African American    10. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    11. Social life and customs    12. Black studies    13. Cooking / History    14. National & regional cuisine    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Health & Healing - Low Fat    4. Regional & Ethnic - Indic    5. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    6. Health & wholefood cookery    7. India    8. National & regional cuisine   

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EXCEPTIONAL CLASSIC !!!
This new edition of NATIVE HARVESTS is the most robust treatment with an especially beautiful new cover! More photographs and drawings adorn this fine Dover edition. What a great classic! This book has educated a whole generation fo wilf foods foragers, and folks intrigued with Native American fare. This new edition holds more "gifts" of native quotes, spirituality, stories, and suggested menus. I am so grateful for this excellent new book, which takes its place among each of the previous versions in my collections. Each is well-used, well-read, and abundantly travelled! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Ethnobotany    4. Food    5. General    6. Indian cookery    7. Indians of North America    8. North America    9. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    10. Cooking / Native American   

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A highly recommended sampler of Yucatan cuisine
Foods Of The Maya is a highly recommended sampler of Yucatan cuisine that will intrigue any who enjoy regional cookbooks. Foods Of The Maya focuses on local versions of Mayan cooking, from Garlic Pork with Rice and Black Beans to an orange juice/allspice seasoned Motul Chicken. No photos, but the recipes don't need them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Description and travel    5. International And Ethnic Cookery    6. Maya cookery    7. Mexico    8. Regional & Ethnic - General    9. Regional & Ethnic - Mexican    10. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    11. Yucatan (Mexico : State)    12. Yucatan (State)    13. Yucatâan (Mexico : State)    14. Yucatâan (State)    15. National & regional cuisine   

Subjects:  1. Cooking / Wine    2. Regional & Ethnic - Native American   

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An excellent Take away
This book does exactly what it says on the cover, namely it allows you to cook your favourite Indian curries at home. The easy to follow recipes are complemented by useful tips on preparation techniques. Bore your friends with facts about the origin of their favourite dish but most of all wow them with your culinary prowess. I was stuck on a remote Antarctic island for two years and despite being over a thousand miles from the nearest take away through this book I managed to satiate my curry head. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Businessmen    3. Case studies    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Executives    7. Great Britain    8. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    9. Success   

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Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook
More Patti Page's "Old Cape Cod" than a collection of recipes, The Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook is a wonderful concoction of good reading and favorite meals simplified. Essays are interspersed with mouth-watering and heart-warming dinners, soups, chowders, and breads. A history of the cranberry bogs winds its way through one chapter, carefully following the transition from a time when native children crawled on hands and knees to pick cranberries by hand to the modern method of wet harvesting the bogs. A childhood spent as an Indian guide for hunting and fishing expeditions is well documented in charming narratives spinkled through the book. Earl Mills' voice comes throgh in stories which are divided according to the four seasons, telling readers how his people lived according to the land.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Food    4. Indian cookery    5. Indians of North America    6. Regional & Ethnic - American - New England    7. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    8. Wampanoag Indians   

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An excellent guide - both India and Indian cuisine!
I have loved Indian cuisine and culture for many years - and have read many books on both.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. General    3. Home Improvement / Construction    4. Regional & Ethnic - Indic    5. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    6. COOKERY, INDIAN    7. Cooking / Native American    8. INDIA_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL    9. India    10. National & regional cuisine   

Subjects:  1. Cookery, American    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Food    5. Pueblo Indians    6. Pueblo cookery    7. Regional & Ethnic - American - Southwestern States    8. Regional & Ethnic - Indic    9. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    10. Southwestern style    11. Indigenous peoples    12. National & regional cuisine    13. New Mexico   

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Hopi Cookery
This book is a real gem for those interested in a better diet and/or the culture of the Hopi.The book walks you through things such as, drying and storing corn, making hominy from dried corn, chilis, beans, frybread, piki making, and the virtues of blue corn.
Just like Grandmother used to make...
This is a GREAT recipe book.Not only are the instructions clear enough that anybody can follow, but the recipes are actually like the traditional food you find in the homes on the reservation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Food    5. Hopi Indians    6. Hopi cookery    7. Methods - Cookery for One    8. Native American Sociology    9. Regional & Ethnic - American - Southwestern States    10. Regional & Ethnic - Native American   

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Great Book
There are many things about this book that are great; the stories, the lay out, the quality of the book itself, but what I love the most are the recipes. I would have paid double what this book is listed at just because I love it so much. Its a book that I will have to order more copies of and hand out as gifts. Don't pass this one up. Its a keeper.

The Old West Baking Book
This is an awesome book!So much more than just a "cookbook" itcontains little bits of history woven throughout, along with many detaileddescriptions and explanations on how and why things were done.I alsoenjoyed the wonderful pen and ink illustrations.The recipes are great andeasy to follow.I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking fororiginal, old-time recipes!

Great book, even for armchair bakers!
I adore this cookbook! Spiral-bound, lie-flat pages; many gorgeous color photographs of the baked goods as well as historical photographs of cowboys cooking and eating; and a great layout are just the beginning. Every singlerecipe has a several-paragraph commentary about how the recipe came intobeing or the differences between the original Old West and updated recipes.Scattered throughout the book are features on various topics such ascooking equipment in the Old West, chuck wagons, and availability and useof various foods. I also enjoyed the uniqueness of the recipes. Neverbefore have I seen recipes for green tomato pie, gems (similar to muffins),or spotted pup (a pudding). However, the book doesn't neglect more commonfare such as sourdough bread, cherry cobbler, bread pudding, biscuits, etc.Additional features include an Old West cooking dictionary, a comprehensiveindex, and a bibliography of books about food and life in the Old West. Ifyou love baking or the Old West, you MUST get your own copy, because I'mnot going to lend mine to anyone!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baking    2. Cookery, American    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Methods - Baking    6. Regional & Ethnic - American - Western States    7. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    8. Western style   

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TN natural plants
I love this book. I dont know much about herbs but this book is very well written and informative. He gives a cure for almost every ailment and shows you how to look at a plant to determine its usage by its shape. My son that I homeschool loves to learn about all the usages of the plants, like cattails being used to make pancakes and clubhouses. I would purchase this book above any other, only because you can't find this information anywhere else. The only request I have of the author is to add more illustratoins of all plants discussed, so the ignorant (such as myself) know what to look for out in the wild.

Bringing it Down to Earth
When gathering plants out in the bush for medicine, it is useful to carry some kind of field guide. For the uninitiated, the most comprehensive field guides quickly overwhelm, frequently with "skull and crossbones" designations of toxicity.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Cooking    3. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    4. Healing    5. Herbal Medications    6. Herbs    7. Indians of North America    8. Materia medica, Vegetable    9. Medicine    10. North America    11. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    12. Therapeutic use    13. Miscellaneous Items    14. USA   

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Fun to Read
This isn't like typical cookbooks which list recipes in a formal and rigid way. It has interesting historical information to go along with the recipes it gives.

Unique, accessible, fascinating, "reader friendly".
Based on wild/natural foods grown and gathered by Native Americans of the Southwest, AmericanIndian Cooking presents a wealth of information on plants, uses and updated recipes for their consumption.Each plant is listed, described and illustrated painstakingly, followed by the plant'suses and recipes for serving.A great deal of Native American agrarianhistory is effortlessly presented in this attractive book.Some eyecatching recipes are given for: Saguaro Cactus Jelly, Sweet PumpkinMuffins, Walnut Corn Bread, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Blue Corn Mush withOnion Gravy, and Zuni Succotash.Take a walk in the desert and see whatwonderful edible plants nature has provided. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American Regional Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Ethnobotany    5. Food    6. General    7. Indian cookery    8. Indians of North America    9. Regional & Ethnic - Native American    10. Southwest, New    11. National & regional cuisine    12. USA