Description
Local foods have garnered much attention in recent years, but the concept is hardly new: indigenous peoples have always made the most of nature's gifts. Their menus were truly the "original local," celebrated here in 135 home-tested recipes paired with stories from tribal activists, food researchers, families, and chefs.
A chapter devoted to wild rice makes clear the crucial role manoomin plays in Native cultures. Similar attention is lavished on the tallest of the Three Sisters: mandamin, or corn. The bounty of the region's lakes and streams--walleye, whitefish, and more--inspire flavorful combinations and fierce protection of resources. Health concerns have encouraged Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota cooks to return to, and revise, recipes for bison, venison, and wild game. Sections on vegetables and beans, herbs and tea, and maple and berries offer insight from a broad representation of regional tribes, including Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Potawatomi, and Mandan gardeners and harvesters.
The innovative recipes collected here--from Maple Baked Cranberry Beans to Three Sisters Salsa, from Manoomin Lasagna to Black and Blue Bison Stew--will inspire home cooks not only to make better use of the foods all around them but also to honor the storied heritage they represent.
Author: Heid E. Erdrich
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.97h x 7.54w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780873518949
ISBN10: 0873518942
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Indigenous Food of the Americas
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | American | Middle Western States
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
A chapter devoted to wild rice makes clear the crucial role manoomin plays in Native cultures. Similar attention is lavished on the tallest of the Three Sisters: mandamin, or corn. The bounty of the region's lakes and streams--walleye, whitefish, and more--inspire flavorful combinations and fierce protection of resources. Health concerns have encouraged Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota cooks to return to, and revise, recipes for bison, venison, and wild game. Sections on vegetables and beans, herbs and tea, and maple and berries offer insight from a broad representation of regional tribes, including Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Potawatomi, and Mandan gardeners and harvesters.
The innovative recipes collected here--from Maple Baked Cranberry Beans to Three Sisters Salsa, from Manoomin Lasagna to Black and Blue Bison Stew--will inspire home cooks not only to make better use of the foods all around them but also to honor the storied heritage they represent.
Author: Heid E. Erdrich
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.97h x 7.54w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780873518949
ISBN10: 0873518942
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Indigenous Food of the Americas
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | American | Middle Western States
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies