Author: Whisler, Frances
Curated by:  North Winds Institute,
ISBN:  978-1-967491-01-8
Publication Date:  Apr 2025
Publisher:  North Winds Institute
Book Format:  Paperback
 
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Book Description:
Indian Cookin' is a wonderful collection of recipes drawn from tribes all across North America offering a glimpse into their lifestyle and culture. Written by Frances Lambert Whisler, this book is filled with authenticity and commitment to what she deemed as a "symbol of friendship eternal 'twixt the Indian and the White Man." She began the work of trying to preserve the cooking techniques of the local Indians with the idea that the land provides everything we need as embraced by the Indians in their daily lives. Recipes for remedies from the Medicine Man as well as recipes for traditional cooking using natural resources from the land are included with history woven throughout, bridging the gap between Native Americans and the early settlers.  In the cookbook she writes, "A flame carried from Cherokee, North Carolina to Oklahoma during the trail of tears. This flame was still burning in both North Carolina and Oklahoma to cause us to remember the flame of love not the flame of hate." The author's hope was to keep a little spark of history and friendship burning for future generations to come.