Record details

• ISBN: 0930588452
• ISBN: 9780930588458
• Physical Description: xi, 148 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
• Publisher: Berkeley, California : Heyday Books in association with Rick Heide, 1991.
• Copyright: ©1991

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Acorn: food since the beginning -- The Wiwok/Paiute people of the Yosemite Valley -- Julia F. Parker: continuing the path -- Learning to make acorn -- Strict attention to detail -- Gathering -- Drying and storing -- Cracking and shelling -- Winnowing -- Pounding -- Soaproot brushes -- Sifting -- Leaching -- Cooking -- Old ways and new -- Respecting the food -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Julia f. Parker's new way acorn.

Search for related items by subject

Subject:

Acorns as food.
Parker, Julia F.
Miwok Indians > Food.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Glands (Aliment)
Miwok (Indiens) > Alimentation.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Parker, Julia F.
Acorns as food.
Miwok Indians > Food.
California > Yosemite National Park.