Native Harvests. Recipes and Botanicals of the American Indian.
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, xviii, 202, [2] pp, with illustrations by the author. First edition, first printing. A cookbook of Native American recipes by the staff ethnobotany teacher at the American Indian Archaeological Institute in Washington, Connecticut. The recipes make use of wild and domesticated flora and fauna as it would have been available to Native Americans: "Native Harvests reflects the native usage of wild and cultivated botanicals, both indigenous and introduced species" (introduction). The book also serves as a botanical guide. Well represented institutionally. An attractive copy with foxing and a couple of closed tears to jacket, abrasion to lower spine of jacket. Item #13306
Price: $75.00