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The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook gathers 90 easy-to‑follow recipes that showcase the culinary traditions of Northern Woodlands, Great Plains, North Pacific Coast, Mesoamerica, and South America. Each dish, from fry bread to green papaya tacos, is accompanied by engaging notes from editor Sally Barrows and vivid photographs of finished meals. The book incorporates visual archives from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, highlighting over 10,000 years of indigenous food culture. Originally created for the museum’s Mitsitam Cafe—whose name means ‘let’s eat’ in Piscataway and Delaware—the cuisine presented here extends beyond regional staples to offer a taste of the broader American Indian culinary heritage.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Food, Sports & Hobbies/Cooking & Recipes
Authors: Richard Hetzler
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