Episode 263 Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations

The Voyages of Tim Vetter

Greetings from New Mexico! Lois Ellen Frank is a Santa Fe, New Mexico based chef, author, Native foods historian and photographer. Dr. Frank has spent over 30 years documenting foods and life ways of Native American tribes from the Southwest. This lengthy immersion in Native American communities culminated in her book, Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations, featuring traditional and contemporary recipes. Walter Whitewater was born in Pinon, Arizona and is from the Diné (Navajo) Nation. He grew up in a traditional family and began cooking as a young boy after seeing people cooking at some of the traditional ceremonies his family attended. As Culinary Advisor on the cookbook, Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations, Whitewater along with Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. won the James Beard Award in the Americana Category. He has appeared on several Food TV shows including, “Southwest Cooking with Bobby Flay” Food TV Network, “Native Foods and Farming: Market to Market” Iowa Public Television IPTV and “The Secret Life of Southwest Foods” Greystone TV, Food TV Network. Check them out: https://redmesacuisine.com/ Support TVTV on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thevoyagesoftimvetter