Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens: Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness

by Devon A. Mihesuah

Educators, librarians, food sovereignty activists, culinary arts students, and those interested in Native American food history and sovereignty will find that this book is an excellent resource. —Elise Krohn, Tribal College Journal 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award

Winner of the Gourmand International World Cookbook Award, Recovering Our Ancestors’ Gardens is back! Featuring an expanded array of tempting recipes of indigenous ingredients and practical advice about health, fitness, and becoming involved in the burgeoning indigenous food sovereignty movement, the acclaimed Choctaw author and scholar Devon A. Mihesuah draws on the rich indigenous heritages of this continent to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life.

Recovering Our Ancestors’ Gardens features pointed discussions about the causes of the generally poor state of indigenous health today. Diminished health, Mihesuah contends, is a pervasive consequence of colonialism, but by advocating for political, social, economic, and environmental changes, traditional food systems and activities can be reclaimed and made relevant for a healthier lifestyle today.

New recipes feature pawpaw sorbet, dandelion salad, lima bean hummus, cranberry pie with cornmeal crust, grape dumplings, green chile and turkey posole, and blue corn pancakes, among other dishes. Savory, natural, and steeped in the Native traditions of this land, these recipes are sure to delight and satisfy.

This new edition is revised, updated, and contains new information, new chapters, and an extensive curriculum guide that includes objectives, resources, study questions, assignments, and activities for teachers, librarians, food sovereignty activists, and anyone wanting to know more about indigenous foodways.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Indigenous, Nonfiction, Gardening, Native American, Food and Drink

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

most of this book was good but who was out here precontact eating low-fat anything. i think you have orthorexia

[Kerry Pickens · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nutritional diet book that advocates using non-processed foods to improve the health of Native Americans. Many of these foods have already been incorporated in the American diet, particularly among vegans such as avocados, chia seeds, quinoa, black beans, piñon nuts, berries and gluten free bread products.

[Honest Mabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

More like 3.5

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[feux d'artifice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm there was less recipes than i expected. The first three chapters were more interesting than the others