Spirit of the Harvest

By Beverly Cox

Subjects: California Indians, Native American Cookery, Native American Cooking, Indian cooking, Ethnic Cooking, American Indian Cookbook, Food, Plateau Indians, Indian cookery, Northeast Indians, Woodland Indians, Southeast Indians, Indians of north america, food, Regional Cooking, Great Lakes Indians, Indians of North America, Great Plains Indians, American Indian Cookery, Social life and customs, Northwest Coast Indians, American Indian Cooking, Native American Cookbook, Southwest Indians, Great Basin Indians

Description: The reissued James Beard and IACP award winner Spirit of the Harvest brings authentic Native American recipes into the modern home kitchen. This carefully researched cookbook presents 150 recipes from across the United States, incorporating many indigenous ingredients and traditional dishes from the Cherokee, Chippewa, Navajo, Sioux, Mohegan, Iroquois, Comanche, Hopi, and many other North American tribes. Each chapter is introduced by an expert on the region and discusses the cultures of major tribal groups, their diets, their ceremonial use of food, and the historic dishes they developed. Spirit of the Harvest celebrates the many cooking traditions that have stood the test of time and are still very much alive today.