Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine Emma Schumacker for half a century

for half a century

or work in the dairy

Told in prose as clear as a spring-fed creek

leaving her with a mountain of debt

navigating abuse and survival on the streets

Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine Emma Schumacker for half a centuryGrowing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, among a host of grandmothers and aunties, Loretta Barrett Oden learned the lessons and lore of Potawatomi cooking, along with those of her father's family, whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. This rich cultural blend came to bear in the iconic restaurant she opened in Santa Fe, the Corn Dance Caf, where many of the dishes in this book had their debut, setting Loretta on her path to fame as one of the most