Seasoned with Spirit: Cuisine of the desert Southwest [videorecording] / co-creator, Loretta Barrett Oden ; director, Renard Cohen ; producers, Matt Cohen, Renard Cohen.
Native American chef Loretta Barret Oden visits the Sonoran desert of Southwest Arizona, land of the Tohono O'odham people. She learns about the desert's native plants, traditionally used to make the life sustaining foods of the Sonoran desert, including saguaro cactus, prickly pears, mesquite pods, cholla buds, and tapary beans. These foods help control obesity and diabetes as the tribe attempts to regain the their traditional good health. Oden learns to make cholla bud porridge with ground saguaro seeds, wild spinach with cholla buds and chiltepine peppers, ash bread, and tapary beans with ribs. She also participates in a saguaro harvest and traditional basket weaving.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Lincoln, NE : Distributed by VisionMaker Video, c2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Native American cultural and culinary adventure series as seen on PBS"--Container.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Co-produced by Native American Public Telecommunications and Connecticut Public Television in association with Resolution Pictures.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Host, Loretta Barrett Oden.
- System Details Note:
- DVD.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned; SDH captions.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | DVD 548 E 98 .F7 C85 2006 | 280707 | DVD | Available | - |