Recipe: Roasted smashed baby potatoes with wild greens pesto

""With Thanksgiving on the horizon, and the marathon cooking sessions many undertake about to begin in earnest, one new cookbook is here to challenge some of the assumptions that underlie the holiday - while providing over 100 modern and historic recipes.""

""While based on an actual event between English colonizers and members of the Wampanoag Nation, the November holiday as many people celebrate it today actually took shape in the mid-nineteenth century, to help the United States heal after the Civil War." he writes. "Like many teachings perpetuated by our education system, these inaccurate history lessons largely disregard the devastating traumas that colonialism wreaked upon the area's original residents," he continues. "But against all odds, steadfast cooks, seed keepers, and food sovereignty warriors have strived to maintain connection to their foodways by reviving heirloom varieties and reintroducing important ingredients to their communities.""

""Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, is a leader in the movement to rebuild Native American foodways. He started the Indigenous restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis and is the founder and executive director of North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS).""

Turtle Island presents Indigenous North American culinary history organized by geographic region and includes over 100 modern and historic recipes. A three-time James Beard Award-winning Indigenous chef founded an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and the organization North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) to rebuild Native foodways. Thanksgiving celebrations commonly linked to New England and Squanto evolved into a national holiday in the mid-nineteenth century to help the United States heal after the Civil War. Education narratives often ignore the devastating traumas colonialism inflicted on Indigenous communities. Steadfast cooks, seed keepers, and food sovereignty warriors revive heirloom varieties and reintroduce important ingredients to their communities. The Southwest features the Four Corners potato, a frost- and drought-tolerant wild potato long cultivated in the region.

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