Opinion | Simon Moya-Smith: Native American fry bread is the food of our oppression. It's also delicious, so we're reclaiming it. - NBCNewsTHINK
— ultimately unhealthy staples and ingredients, but there was enough to make some fried bread. In many cases, it was either that or starve.
A native American woman is making Indian fry bread in front of her house at the Taos Pueblo, which is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark, in Taos, New Mexico.And even today, you can find indigenous folks like Bernadette Casados standing at a gas stove at her home in Grants, New Mexico, making fry bread with an apron wrapped tightly around her waist.
You won’t find much fry bread in Chef Sherman’s Minneapolis kitchens nowadays, either. The author of the award-winning book, “” said that he decided one day to abandon all ingredients that are not indigenous or regional to areas in U.S. and Canada. Instead, he embarked on journey to decolonize cuisine all together.
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