A Native American Chef's Thanksgiving

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Earl Mills Sr., Chief Flying Eagle of the Mashpee Wampanoags and author of the Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook. The Wampanoags broke bread with the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving in 1621, on Plymouth Plantation. Mills talks about what was eaten at that meal.

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Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook
Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook

Wampanoag Indian Recipes, Images & Lore

by Earl Mills and Betty Breen

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