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Choctaw food : remembering the land, rekindling ancient knowledge / Ian Thompson ; edited by Kathy Carpenter.
Penn Museum Library E98.F7 T45 2019
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Ian (Archaeologist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Choctaw Indians--Social life and customs.
- Choctaw Indians.
- Cooking.
- Food.
- Civilization.
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma--Civilization.
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
- Choctaw Indians--Food.
- Cooking--Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
- Choctaw Indians--History.
- History.
- Choctaw cooking.
- Indian cooking.
- Local Subjects:
- Choctaw cooking.
- Genre:
- Cookbooks.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 344 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Remembering the land, rekindling ancient knowledge
- Place of Publication:
- Durant, Oklahoma : Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Choctaw Food tells the story of a group of people and the land. Through hundreds of generations living in the American Southeast, Choctaw ancestors wove the region's landscapes into their language, culture, and food. The foodway that they developed was local and productive. Its dishes were flavorful and healthy. Its food production activities brought the community together in a way that was sustainable on the land. Today, this foodway is one of the most threatened parts of our traditional culture. Yes, it contains timeless insights that have the potential to improve quality of life in the 21st century. The pages of this book delve deep into Choctaw history to bring to light the type of practical knowledge needed to bring Indigenous Choctaw food back to the family dinner table. This story is uniquely Choctaw, and yet, it is connected with the heritage of everyone who has ancestors that lived closely with the land."--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Turning to the Choctaw ancestors to help us in our modern world
- Five hundred generations of society and food
- A foodway of seasons, local landscapes, and community
- Indigenous ingredients
- Our foremothers' cooking utensils
- A cookbook of Indigenous Choctaw cuisine
- Nourishing hope
- Appendix I: Choctaw pronunciation guide
- Appendix II: Choctaw plant names.
- Notes:
- "June 2019"--Publisher's statement page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-337) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780997264883
- 0997264888
- 9780997264852
- 0997264853
- OCLC:
- 1149392300
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