Southwestern Indian Recipe Book: Apache, Papago, Pima, Pueblo, & Navajo

Book excerpt: Abstract: A collection of 39 recipes contributed by 5 Indian tribes of the American Southwest features staple foods traditionally grown in Indian village gardens. These native foods include corn, squash, pinto beans, red and green chilis, pumpkin, and wild desert plants, e.g., prickly pear, mesquite, tepary, squawberry, and cholla. Many recipes of the Apache, Papago, Pima, Pueblo, and Navajo originated before contact was made with Spanish culture; others include foods introduced with colonization. Most ingredients found in these recipes, however, are available in local supermarkets and grocery stores. (nm).