Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest

by Heid E. Erdrich

Local foods have garnered much attention in recent years, but the concept is hardly new: indigenous peoples have always made the most of nature's gifts. Their menus were truly the "original local," celebrated here in sixty home-tested recipes paired with profiles of tribal activists, food researchers, families, and chefs.

A chapter on wild rice makes clear the crucial role manoomin plays in cultural and economic survival. A look at freshwater...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873518942
• ISBN13: 9780873518949
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.0"