BOOK MODERN NATIVE FEAST

Book Modern Native Feasts by Andrew George Jr.

Native American cuisine comes of age in this elegant contemporary collection that reinterprets and updates traditional Native recipes with modern healthy twists. Andrew George Jr. was head chef for Aboriginal foods at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver; his imaginative menus reflect the diverse new culinary landscape while being mindful of an ages-old reverence for the land and sea reflecting the growing interest in a cuisine that is rapidly moving into the mainstream to become the "next big thing" among food trends. Andrew also works actively at making Native foods healthier and more nutritious; his recipes are lighter less caloric and include Asian touches such as bison ribs with Thai spices and a sushi roll with various cooked fish wrapped in nori. Other dishes include venison barley soup wild berry crumble sea asparagus salad and buffalo tourtiere.

Full of healthy delicious and thoroughly North American fare Modern Native Feasts is the first Aboriginal foods cookbook to go beyond the traditional and take a step into the twenty-first century.

Andrew George Jr.

Andrew George Jr. is a member of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia. He participated on the first all-Native team at the Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt Germany and was head chef at the Four Host First Nations pavilion at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2012 he was part of a delegation of chefs from 25 countries on a US State Department initiative called "Culinary Diplomacy: Promoting Cultural Understanding Through Food." He develops Native menus for restaurants and hotels internationally and teaches cooking to Native students. His first cookbook was A Feast for All Seasons; his second Modern Native Feasts was published in 2013.