- Paperback: 191 pages
- Publisher: Bison Books (Nov 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 080328375X
- ISBN-13: 978-0803283756
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 20.4 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#2,327,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #32 in Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Native American
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“A comprehensive survey of basic desert foods and recipes, including pictures and descriptions of the various plants for the intrepid food-gatherer.”—Kirkus
(Kirkus )“At least once in our life, we should experience the joy of a meal that we ourselves have gathered and prepared from native plants. Carolyn Niethammer coaxes us to walk with her through the deserts, marshes, and mesas of Arizona and New Mexico to collect, clean, dry, and partake of the bountiful harvest of our great Southwest.”—The American West
(The American West )
Product Description
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, accessible, fascinating, "reader friendly".,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest (Paperback)
Based on wild/natural foods grown and gathered by Native Americans of the Southwest, American Indian 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's uses and recipes for serving. A great deal of Native American agrarian history is effortlessly presented in this attractive book. Some eye catching recipes are given for: Saguaro Cactus Jelly, Sweet Pumpkin Muffins, Walnut Corn Bread, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Blue Corn Mush with Onion Gravy, and Zuni Succotash. Take a walk in the desert and see what wonderful edible plants nature has provided.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, accessible, fascinating, "reader friendly".,
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest (Paperback)
Based on wild/natural foods grown and gathered by Native Americans of the Southwest, American Indian 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's uses and recipes for serving. A great deal of Native American agrarian history is effortlessly presented in this attractive book. Some eye catching recipes are given for: Saguaro Cactus Jelly, Sweet Pumpkin Muffins, Walnut Corn Bread, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Blue Corn Mush with Onion Gravy, and Zuni Succotash. Take a walk in the desert and see what wonderful edible plants nature has provided.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Consider,
By cutiepie447 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest (Paperback)
This book was not helpful and the foods just were not good. Carolyn makes it seem that the native americans were all peaceful living life. I'm not saying their savages either but they were sometimes more often vicious and they defended their own land. I mean, you want the truth not the disney version.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent recipes and foraging information!,
By Taylor-Perry - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest (Paperback)
Carolyn Neithammer is great! You can't go wrong with her cookbooks. Her recipes are absolutely traditional, and the book also gives good wild-food foraging and processing information, as well as background information about the foods.
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