Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge

Native Harvests :

Recipes &

Botanicals of the

American Indian

by E. Barrie

Kavasch (Author)

Spirit of the

Harvest : North

American Indian

Cooking by Martin

Jacobs (Author),

Beverly Cox

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Apprenticeship

with a Maya

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Rosita Arvigo

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chapters, such as "Discovering America," "The Hunt," and

"Treasure," contain from one to half a dozen recipes. The text

describes traditional, pre-Columbian foods eaten by various peoples

and the changes that resulted with the introduction of European plants

and animals. However, this arrangement is awkward, with different

peoples from different regions of the country thrown together in

forced categories. Often the recipes included seem randomly chosen,

having little to do with the narrative in the chapter. A few of them,

such as "broiled buffalo steaks" (feel free to substitute beefsteaks) and

"roasted corn on the cob," are in such common use that one wonders

why they were singled out here. The black-and-white reproductions,

woodcuts, and drawings are attractive, but merely decorative and do

little to enhance the theme of the book. An additional purchase.?Lisa

Mitten, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Gr. 3-6. Penner, who previously wrote about the food of the European

colonists, begins here with a contrast: the first European settlers in

North America nearly starved to death, but Native Americans had

plenty to eat. The success of indigenous peoples in developing local

resources is the subject of this book, which surveys tribes from all

regions of North America and presents recipes in the midst of

historical explanations. Some of the recipes are high in natural sugars

and fats, possibly less... read more

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