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Default Native Cuisine Coming To PBS

Thanks for the heads-up on the series.
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"Todd Tamanend Clark" > wrote in message
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> This is an excerpt from an article in the Shawnee News-Star:
>
> > NATIVE CUISINE TO BE FEATURED IN PBS SERIES
> >
> > By Carol Cole
> >
> > Loretta Barrett Oden delights in relating where tomatoes came from.
> > Or potatoes. Or heirloom squash.
> >
> > The world-renowned chef will be featured in a thirteen-week series
> > on the Public Broadcasting System, exploring the history of native
> > foods and American Indian cuisines.
> >
> > "Food is - of course - the heart of every culture," Oden said, who
> > has also been featured on the Today Show and Good Morning America.
> > "That's how you find out about any people's culture - sit at the
> > table."
> >
> > Over her years of research on native foods, Oden has developed a
> > unique niche in the culinary world.
> >
> > "It is new and it's old and it's innovative and it's healthy," she
> > said of her cuisine, which utilizes fresh local ingredients infused
> > with unique flavorings.
> >
> > She is recognized as an expert in native foods history and
> > ethnobotany and it has evolved her own approach to food preparation.
> >
> > "I take old traditional recipes and ingredients and just kind of
> > update them to suit today's palate," Oden said.

>
> Which is what I have been doing for my own family of six progeny
> for many years.
>
> > She said Native American food is the only ethnic cuisine that has
> > not been addressed fully in the culinary world.

>
> A point I make to people on a frequent basis.
>
> > "We've danced around it quite a bit, with Argentinean, Brazilian,
> > Cuban, Mexican, all of that. But I'm taking a look at all of the
> > Americas," Oden said. "You know, this thirteen weeks will be
> > centered around North America, and our chocolate show will be shot
> > in Mexico City."

>
> YES! Serious Aztec chocolate!
>
> > Production is scheduled to begin with shooting in the warm weather
> > locales in February. One of the first shoots will include the
> > salmon runs in the northwest and another covering the wildlife
> > harvest at Minnesota's Leech Lake.

>
> For the rest of the article, go to:
>
> http://www.news-star.com/stories/102803/New_16.shtml
>
> Two excellent indigenous cookbooks that I heartily recommend a
>
> Spirit Of The Harvest: North American Indian Cooking
> (Beverly Cox & Martin Jacobs, 1991)
>
> Spirit Of The Earth: Native Cooking From Latin America
> (Beverly Cox & Martin Jacobs, 2001)
>
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> TODD TAMANEND CLARK
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>
> Forthcoming:
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>
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