Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens
Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness
- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Traditional Diets and Activities
- Case Study 1: The Five Tribes
- 2. The State of Indigenous Health
- Case Study 2: Changing Diets and Health in Indian Territory
- 3. Challenges to Recovering Health
- Case Study 3: Frybread
- 4. What Are You Ingesting?
- 5. Calories, Exercise, and Recovering Fitness
- 6. Changing What We Eat
- 7. Importance of Backyard Gardens
- Curriculum Guide
- Recipes
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- Index
- About Devon A. Mihesuah
- Series List