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l The Three Sisters Cookbook from the Oneida Nation of New York.
FOODS, COOKING, HERBOLOGY--Here are some Native cookbooks you
can actually order from the Native Book Centre (Canadian on-line service).
One is more anthro stuff on ancient food processing (Iroquois); one is by a
Hopi lady don't know anything about it. But the real thing is the cookbook
put out by the ladies of Lovesick Lake Reserve, Canada, which sounds from its
title like a myth. It's here! Indeed, now I dug out thepiece where I first heard of it -- in issue No. 1 of Indigenous Women's Network
Magazine. It's so interesting, I retyped it (the IWN disks were lost from issues
1991 through 1994) here. Truly an example of COOKBOOK POWER!, a great
True Myth for Modern Times, and great wild game recipes, too.lAMAZON ON-LINE BOOKSTORE
Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking, Beverly Cox and
(photographer) Martin Jacobs, Publ. by Stewart, Tabori and Chang: NY,
1991, $32. This gorgeous cookbook is good reading as well as good eating.
The author includes some personal details from the native women who
shared their recipes, almost all of which are practical for city-dwellers with
modern kitchens. Gorgeous photos show how it should look. For many of the
foods snippets of cultural information (and misinformation) are provided.
You won't find any commodities recipes here, nor does "culture" include any
of the problems tribal peoples have had with keeping their land or with
pollution affecting the small remaining landbases, getting arrested for
hunting-fishing-gathering, etc.. This is a classy suburban cocktail-table type
cookbook, despite the fact its recipes (mostly) work (if you can get thelNative American Foods -- Recipes
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