Where People Feast or Eat Smart in Indonesia

Where People Feast: An Indigenous People's Cookbook

Author: Dolly Watts

The food traditions of North America's indigenous peoples are centuries old and they endure to this day. For almost two decades, Dolly Watts and her daughter Annie have served native cuisine that is both traditional and modern; for them, Where People Feast, one of very few indigenous cookbooks available, is the culmination of a lifetime dedicated to introducing people to extraordinary foods that are truly North American. Recipes include Smoked Salmon Mousse, Indian Tacos, Venison Meatballs, Alder-Grilled Breast of Pheasant, Blackberry-Glazed Beets, Wild Rice Pancakes, and Wild Blueberry Cobbler. Includes sixteen full-color photos and 120 recipes.

Dolly and Annie Watts run Vancouver's Liliget Feast House, the only Native American fine dining establishment of its kind, which received a four-star "recommended" rating from The New York Times.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Dolly Watts, who was born in Gitk'san Nation in western British Columbia, and her daughter, Annie, were the chefs/owners of Liliget Feast House, an acclaimed restaurant in Vancouver known for its indigenous specialties from the Pacific Northwest (liligetmeans "where people feast"). Although they recently closed the restaurant, they have collected more than 100 favorite recipes in their first cookbook. Some are traditional, such as Alder-Grilled Marinated Elk, but others, like Sweet Potato Tarts, are not, and the recipe headnotes are fairly brief; however, a separate chapter on smoking and preserving offers a closer historical look at indigenous culinary traditions. Fernando and Marlene Divina's Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditionsis more comprehensive and wide-ranging, but as one of the few titles on the topic, the Wattses' book is recommended for most subject collections.

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Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods and Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Author: Joan Peterson

    The third in the EAT SMART series is a comprehensive, readable survey of the whole scope of Indonesian gastronomy. It confers savvy to partake as fully and gloriously of Indonesian food as desired and is essential reading for any “foodie” visiting this vast archipelago.
    The newest (and third) guide in this authoritative series Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure is a paean to Indonesian cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Indonesian food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Indonesian phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Indonesian with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun.
    Authors Joan and David Peterson (inveterate travelers, cooks, seekers of unusual herbs and spices, and new ways to prepare familiar ingredients) have added a delicious bonus by providing a chapter of recipes for travelers to preview the tastes before departure, thus broadening the guide’s appeal to cookbook lovers as well.

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