Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Niethammer, Carolyn J.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

xxxii, 191 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

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."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

American Indian food and lore

Alternative Title

American Indian food and lore

Subjects

• Indians of North America > Food > Southwest, New
• Indians of North America > Ethnobotany > Southwest, New
• Indian cooking > Southwest, New

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index.

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. Wheat.

ISBN

080328375X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99014817

OCLC

• 41017332
• ocm41017332
• SCSB-4308706

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries