Native Food: Roasted Duck
When we bought our property in New England many years ago,...
Native Food: Cooking With the Crimson-Colored Cranberry
As the idiom says, "There is nothing new under the sun."...
Native Food: Crabapple Jelly With Sumac
Crabapples—tart, green and crunchy— are Native to North...
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Native Recipes

The Origins of Golden Honey and its Gastronomic and Medicinal Uses

Dale Carson
January 26, 2013
Our ancestors were wise to use natural sweeteners in moderation, like maple syrup, agave nectar and honey. We should avoid sugar when possible, whether we have diabetes or not...

Winter Eats: Chilled and Chopped

Dale Carson
January 20, 2013
Each year at this time when I look out the window or walk around outside in the cold, wind, sleeting rain or snow, I can’t help but think to myself, “What did the Old Ones do to su...

Use the Whole Animal: How To Cook Sweetbreads

Freddie Bitsoie
January 14, 2013
If one was ever to visit the butcher and ask for sweetbreads, and the butcher replied, "I'm not a baker," it is time to change butchers...

Agricultural Co-op Teaches Navajos How To Butcher a Hog

Anne Minard
January 11, 2013
About 50 people who attended a hog-butchering workshop on the Navajo Nation last week are used to processing sheep. But for most, handling a 300-pound hog was something new...

Native Soup for the Soul

Dale Carson
December 30, 2012
It is often said the mark of a true chef, a natural in the kitchen, is a person who can create a delicious dish without following a recipe step-by-step...

Native Food: A Potlatch Tradition

Dale Carson
December 15, 2012
It may be selfish but I consider all of Indian country my extended family. I also feel honored to be able to express my heartfelt thoughts about Native food to all of you...

Diabetic-Friendly Cooking Class Gets Lesson From Chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café

Lorraine Jessepe
December 07, 2012
Citizens from the four tribes of Kansas enjoyed a hands-on cooking lesson for better health at the 2nd Annual Intertribal Solutions Cooking Class, November 15-16 at the Prairie Ban...

Gardens Flourish on Pine Ridge

Stephanie Woodard
December 05, 2012
Kyle, South Dakota — John Yellow Hawk’s garden is one of many new feeders of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s developing economy...

Native Food: Roasted Chestnuts

Dale Carson
December 02, 2012
When we moved into our house in Connecticut, we were very happy to find many medicinal plants and some mature chestnut trees...

Salish Bounty: Tulalip Tribes Host Traveling Food History Exhibit to Illustrate its Correlation to Indian Health

Jackleen de la Harpe
November 23, 2012
If the food history of Coast Salish people were arranged as a timeline, past to present, it might look like this: The distant past: traditional hunting and gathering; The last cent...

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