American Indian cooking : recipes from the Southwest / Carolyn Niethammer ; with a foreword by Ann Woodin ; illustrations by Jenean Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niethammer, Carolyn J.

Standardized Title:

American Indian food and lore

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Food--Southwest, New.

Indians of North America--Ethnobotany--Southwest, New.

Indian cooking.

Indians of North America--Ethnobotany.

Indians of North America--Food.

New Southwest.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

First Bison books print. edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Summary:

"This handy cookbook is an enjoyable and informative guide to the rich culinary traditions of the American Indians of the Southwest. Featured are 150 authentic fruit, grain, and vegetable recipes - foods that have been prepared by generations of Apaches, Zunis, Navajos, Havasupais, Yavapais, Pimas, and Pueblos. These tasty, unique dishes include mesquite pudding, Navajo blue bread, hominy, cherry corn bread, and yucca hash."

"American Indian Cooking also boasts wonderfully detailed illustrations of dozens of edible wild plants and essential information on their history, use, and importance. Many of these plants can be obtained by mail; a list of mail-order sources in the back of the book allows everyone to sample and savor these distinctive, natural recipes."--Jacket.

Contents:

I. Cactus and Cactuslike Plants. Agave. Barrel Cactus. Cholla. Ocotillo. Prickly Pear. Saguaro. Yucca

II. Nuts and Seeds. Acorn. Grass Seed. Jojoba. Mesquite. Pinyon Pine. Sunflower. Black Walnut

III. Grapes, Berries, and Cherries. Chokecherry. Wild Currant. Elderberry. Wild Grape. Ground Cherry. Desert Hackberry. Net-Leaf Hackberry. Manzanita. Wild Rose. Squawberry. Wolf Berry

IV. Foods of Marsh and Mesa. Buffalo Gourd. Cattail. Cota. Devil's Claw. Mormon Tea. Wild Onion. Puffball

V. Greens. Rocky Mountain Beeweed. Canaigre. Curly Dock. Dandelion. Lamb's-Quarter. Wild Mint. Horsemint. Pigweed. Purslane. Monkey Flower. Tumbleweed

VI. Agriculture. Beans. Chili. Corn. Melon. Pumpkin. Squash.

Notes:

Originally published: American Indian food and lore. New York ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1974. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.

ISBN:

080328375X

9780803283756

OCLC:

41017332

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