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Chef Duo preserves and reinvigorates Native American Cuisine
KOAT7
Indigenous Traditions to Improve Food Security
Novel Recounts History Through Eyes of Young Girls
On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast, a Minnesota organization is raising farmers. A new novel recounts history through the eyes of young girls. A New Mexico chef previews the season of red and green chile.
The Surprising History of New Mexican Cuisine
It's not Tex-Mex and it's not Mexican. New Mexican cuisine is unique as goes back millennia. Today, the food is a fusion of Native American, Spanish and Anglo tastes.
Native American Parfait Dessert
Chef Lois Ellen Frank, of Red Mesa Cuisine, prepares an Indigenous parfait composed of corn pudding and berry compote. The multicolored layers of this delightful dessert resemble a sand painting, forming a beautiful, delicious and nutritious traditional dish to share with loved ones.
Southwest Spice Elk Rub with Cherry Sauce
Chef Walter Whitewater (Diné/Navajo) of Red Mesa Cuisine shares a recipe for elk prepared with a southwest spice rub and cherry sauce. This elk dish is a meal appropriate for special occasions, such as after a hunt, ceremony, or gathering.
Minestrone Cooking
Navajo Nation Office of the First Lady and Second Lady, in partnership with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) present a cooking demonstration for a soy and nut-free minestrone soup.
First Lady Phefelia Nez shared one of her favorite recipes and Chef Walter Whitewater, Navajo, from Pinon, AZ, and Chef Lois Ellen Frank, who make up Red Mesa Cuisine in Santa Fe, NM, prepared the recipe provided by First Lady Nez. They also included a no-fry frybread option, and developed a cooking demonstration video.
This video will benefit the Native Food for Life Online Class Series, available through Native Americans for Community Outreach (NACA). Please contact NACA health educator Shonri Begay, smbegay@nacainc.org, for more information.
Cactus Pad Salsa
NM Prickly Pear Festival
Cactus Pad Salad and Salmon with Prickly Pear Glaze
Red Chile Sauce from Dried Pods
Culinary Juniper Ash
Blue Corn Mush Parfait with Mixed Berry Compote
Pinto Bean Spread
IAIA Indigenous Food Class
Why You MUST Try Native American Cuisine | AJ+
Native American cuisine is America's original food, dating back some 10,000 years. So why don't we see Native restaurants on every street corner in the U.S.? Yara went on a road trip through the American Southwest to find out.
Native Food-preneurs: Grassroots and Global Chefs Panel
April 20, 2020
Food is our medicine and it is important to eat healthy during stressful times.
April 1, 2020
Instagram Live with @philipb
FOOD IS MEDICINE: NATIVE HEALTH AND CULTURAL FOODSCAPES - PART 1
On a winter morning in Reno, Nevada, on the homelands of the Washoe nation, host Melissa Nelson has a conversation with Native chefs and health educators Dr. Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater. They all converged in this area for a “Food Sovereignty and Native Peoples Health” event at the University of Nevada, Reno, hosted by Dr. Deb Harry (Pyramid Lake Paiute), professor of Gender, Race, and Identity.
For this first episode of season two, the Native Seed Pod dives into the topic of ‘Food is Medicine,’ learning from Lois and Walter about Native cuisine, healing through food, and the intercultural unity that can emerge through shared food traditions, or what they call “cultural foodscapes.”
FOOD IS MEDICINE: NATIVE HEALTH AND CULTURAL FOODSCAPES - PART 2
Join us for Part 2 of Food Is Medicine with Native chefs Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater as we continue exploring their work on My Native American Power Plate, tribal-specific food cultures, decolonizing our diets, and handing off traditional food knowledge to the next generation.
Tséhootsooí Medical Center Dietary Services welcomes Chef Walter Whitewater from Red Mesa Cuisine, LLC. Come try our Plant Base special menu developed by Professional Native American Chef Walter Whitewater.
Lois Ellen Frank
NM PBS Colores Episode
Special | 26m 43s
Lois Ellen Frank, Santa Fe Native Food Historian and Chef, celebrates the Magic Eight and the Indigenous Foodscape.
Native American Cuisine and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
October 2018 - Podcast
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Road Scholar
August 2018
Taste the traditions of the Southwest as you and your grandchild learn about pre-Columbian cuisine, visit a local farm and practice your cooking at a private home at a Pueblo.
Be Bold Podcast
June 2018
Partnership with Native Americans (PWNA)
December 2017
Food Insecurity and Nutrition in Tribal Communities
Healthy food choices are in abundance for most Americans. Fresh fruits and vegetables are just a short car ride away, if not within walking distance. But, for our Native American citizens, that is not always the case. Hear Chef Lois Ellen Frank, a Pascua Yaqui Tribal member, and a PWNA staff member discuss what is being done to address the issue and how the Native American Food Movement is supporting a return to healthy, traditional diets in Indian Country.
Stony Brook University - Native American Cuisine and Culture Event
November/December 2017
James Beard Winner Lois Ellen Frank
Be Bold Podcast with Beth Whitman
July 11, 2017
New Mexico in Focus
December 2016
Learn about the traditional foods of pueblo communities in New Mexico. Correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with chef Lois Ellen Frank and Roxanne Swentzell, co-editor of "The Pueblo Food Experience Cookbook" to discuss food traditions and why some Native American are returning to the diets of their ancestors.
FUZE.SW 2014
Award winning Santa Fe-based chef, author, Native foods historian, culinary anthropologist, and photographer Lois Ellen Frank, PhD. gives the keynote address at FUZE.SW 2014, a weekend-long celebration of food with a focus on Native American cuisine, in Santa Fe, New Mexico in September 2014.
Traditional Superfood
Interview on American Calling
June 9, 2014
Food trends come and go. The latest foods to be labeled a “superfood” in the media include cauliflower and coconut. Do you pay attention to reports that certain foods are especially good for your health? In Native America, our traditional foods contain valuable nutrients that nourish our bodies and connect us to past generations. What are your traditional foods? How are you using traditional foods to help improve your health or the health of your community?
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The Power to Heal Diabetes: Food for Life in Indian Country Featuring Neal Barnard, M.D. and Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
May 2014
Three Color Coleslaw
Corn Mush Pudding with Berry Compote
No Fry Bread
Green Chile Enchilada
How to Cook with Beans
Pinon Chile Beans
Three Sisters | Bioneers Indigenous Knowledge
April 2014
TASTE OF TULALIP — THE CULINARY FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
5th Anniversary Highlights Include Extraordinary Epicurean Events, Celebrity Chefs & Sommelier Superstars
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The Practical Guide to Healthier Living
FOX New Mexico
July 2011
Chef and Author Lois Ellen Frank Brings Food for Life Recipes to Help Beat Diabetes with Three Sister's Sauté and Indian No Fry Bread (or Tortilla Bread).
Dreaming New Mexico
March 2010