A recently found an audiobook production of Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books narrated by Indira Varma with additional voices by Bill Nighy and others. I started with Wee Free Men. This is absolutely delightful.
As part of my ongoing research on food and World War One I picked up a reprint copy of American Indian Corn (Maize): A Cheap and Wholesome Food" by Charles J. Murphy, edited by Jeannette Norton Young. Murphy worked at the Department of Agriculture in the late 19th century as an expert in corn and it's promotion internationally and it's obvious that he spent a lot of time studying the topic. In addition to recipes from New England and the South, he provides information about how native groups were better at processing the grain for better flavor and increased nutritive value. Those recipes, often more a narrative description than a precise recipe, come from Mexico and the Dakota, Hopi, Zuni, Western Apache and unnamed New England tribes.
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Date: 2025-06-19 11:19 am (UTC)As part of my ongoing research on food and World War One I picked up a reprint copy of American Indian Corn (Maize): A Cheap and Wholesome Food" by Charles J. Murphy, edited by Jeannette Norton Young. Murphy worked at the Department of Agriculture in the late 19th century as an expert in corn and it's promotion internationally and it's obvious that he spent a lot of time studying the topic. In addition to recipes from New England and the South, he provides information about how native groups were better at processing the grain for better flavor and increased nutritive value. Those recipes, often more a narrative description than a precise recipe, come from Mexico and the Dakota, Hopi, Zuni, Western Apache and unnamed New England tribes.