Dale Carson Avocados, native to central Mexico, meant much more to the ancient Aztecs than fruit to mash into guacamole, although they did enjoy their ahuacamolli , meaning avocado...

Dale Carson Sometimes you eat something and think, “Where have you been all my life?” That is how I feel about Quinoa (Keen-wa)...

Dale Carson Every nation in Indian Country has their own recipe for bread—many are a variation of cornbread...

Dale Carson Spring is finally here—the time for renewal and new life! In Abenaki it is Zigwan , meaning the months of March, April and May...

Fresh fiddlehead fern buds As Native Americans, I find it sort of funny that we’ve become so trusting of packaged products in supermarkets...

Dale Carson The 1965 edition of Yeffee Kimball and Jean Anderson’s classic The Art of American Indian Cooking says wild fowl eggs served as a source of protein to the Plains nation...

Dale Carson How to prepare the game from the field to the table An old Abenaki legend tells of the proper way to honor a killed deer so that a hunter and his family can live...

Super Bowl Sunday is almost here. If it’s anything like the last time these teams met in Super Bowl XLII in 2008—we are in for a treat...

The Incas domesticated the tuber in the Andes Mountains, leading to its global rise Dale Carson Spanning seven countries on the western coast of current-day South America, the Ande...

Dale Carson I had found it hard to be a fan of parsnips for a long, long time...