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Books & Articles

Indigenous Home Cooking: Menus Inspired by the Ancestors

By Indigenous Food Lab in collaboration with Valerie Segrest. 2021

“Cooking and eating are at the core of maintaining good health. With so many options available in supermarkets, buying groceries that contribute to your health and well-being can be daunting and overwhelming. This book supports you by presenting a culturally relevant nutrition guide, as well as an overview of foods that originate from Turtle Island and are available in your local grocery stores and online marketplaces. Savor these recipes that support an approach to menu planning inspired by the first foods.”

This lively cookbook brings traditional ingredients and a healthful approach into contemporary home kitchens. Originally developed by a Native chef and a Native nutritionist for Pacific Northwest tribal communities and health organizations, this is a cookbook that sparkles with life and wellbeing, and is now expanded to include Southwestern recipes as well.

Feeding 7 Generations: A Salish Cookbook

By Elise Krohn and Valerie Segrest. 2017

Many tribal elders fondly remember how their happiest times are ones where they gathered and prepared native foods with friends and family. This remarkable cookbook gathers know-how and culinary traditions surrounding 15 of the most beloved native foods of the Salish Sea region—foods that brought health to our Ancestors for millennia—and offers them to readers of all experience levels in an accessible blend of rich information and easy-to-follow recipes.